I was just cleaning out my document folders and rearranging stuff and what not. I clicked folder options because whenever i have my documents on thumbnails view my folders never have the folder names under them. After I clicked something my computer froze for awhile and a Dr Watson Post Mortem Debugger Error came up and asked me if i wanted to send the error to windows. I googled it and now i'm freaking out thinking i have some kind of crazy virus that is about to spread through my computer. I don't know what to do or what the error really means. Can someone help me out?
Dr Watson Post Mortem Debugger Error
Submitted by serpentsickness on August 13, 2007 - 7:49am.
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Re: Dr Watson Post Mortem Debugger Error
August 13, 2007 - 8:49am
>>>I clicked folder options because whenever i have my documents on thumbnails view my folders never have the folder names under them
Weird. Have you tried right-clicking->view->details? Do you get the folder names back?
>>>After I clicked something my computer froze...
What did you click? 
Dr Watson is a little scary when it first comes up, but is generally no big deal. It's installed by Windows in the original install.
When a program error occurs in Windows, the system searches for a program error handler. A program error handler deals with errors as they arise during the running of a program. If the system does not find a program error handler, the system verifies that the program is not currently being debugged and considers the error to be unhandled. The system then processes unhandled errors by looking in Registry Editor for a program error debugger
http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/15863.html
And what that means, is that when a program crashes and doesn't have it's own debugger or something that kicks up the annoying message, "do you want to send this error to Microsoft" - then Dr. Watson comes up.
And usually freezes your system;-)
The real question, is whether or not it keeps happening. Most of the time a reboot will set everything straight. As far as the virus issue, it's considered obsolete. The whole "Acebot" scare happened in 2004 and is quickly remedied by any standard up-to-date Virus scanner and Service Pack 2.
Feel free to reply if you continue to see this error.
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