So I had malware (Virtumonde to be exact) and so I ran combofix and it removed the malware. Now my problem is that when I login to windows Explorer.exe does not start automatically I have to go into task manager and run it from there.

I was on another forum and they told me to check it shell = explorer.exe and it does.

So any ideas on how I can tackle this problem...

yes other .exe files do run...

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Mabe this will do it...
Open My Computer.

Go to Tools>>Folder Options>>View.

Under "Hidden Files and Folders", uncheck "Launch folder windows in a seperate process". If it is unchecked already, check it....reboot...uncheck it...reboot again...good luck

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