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Old November 7th, 2002, 02:31 PM
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Cannot open exe files (practically cannot do anything wif the computer)
I actually have infected wif a virus called w32.supernova. Since i do not have an anti-virus to solve the problem, i downloaded norton anti virus 2003 trial to help me. I do not noe if that virus have been removed but that norton anti-virus has popped up many times to say repair successful for many files....then now....all exe files could not be opened and even files that end wif .ink . it will have the msg "windows cannot find .......exe. You may have typed the name incorrectly in the run dialog, or another open program cannot find a system file. To search for a file, click the start button, and then click search." I have opened this internet browser thru search for files on the internet.....if not, i also cannot open the internet explorer, even the icon for internet explorer is replaced by a blank icon.....wat shud i do? I cannot do anything wif my computer now. This problem only started after i used the norton anti virus trial...b4 that, even wif the w32.supernova virus present, my computer still can function though i needed a startup disk and type scanreg /restore b4 my computer could boot. Then all the files could be used....but after I had used the anti-virus, this problem had began and now my computer is as gd as useless......pls help me .......thank you.
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Old November 7th, 2002, 03:06 PM
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Hi Strike, Welcome to Cyber Tech!

Go here and download and run exefix08.com
http://home.earthlink.net/~rmbox/Ret...d/Only_IE.html

If you are unable to use your pc and have access to another, download it to a floppy disk and write protect the floppy.
Insert the floppy in your problem machine and run exefix08.
Reboot after running.

After rebooting, Do you still receive any error messages?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 04:12 PM
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thx for ur help. Now i can open most of my exe files but some files like icq.exe and internet explorer cannot be found and everytime i boot my computer and it goes to the desktop, it will have problem with shortcut, 3 files that end wif .ink could not be open including the office....can help me? Will reinstalling windows help? i am using windows ME, any other methods?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 05:21 PM
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Try this :

Click Start > Run > type scanregw /fix and click OK (notice the space between the w and / )

Reboot after.
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Old November 7th, 2002, 06:55 PM
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i still cannot open notepad.exe y?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 07:22 PM
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hi
now that exe fix got you running again...

removal instructions

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...va.b.worm.html



http://www.bullguard.com/virus/93.aspx
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Old November 7th, 2002, 07:23 PM
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Is notepad the only one that will not open?

Open your C:\Windows folder and see if notepad is there. If it is , double click on it. Did it open?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 07:40 PM
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there is no notepad there
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Old November 7th, 2002, 07:50 PM
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Do you have a Windows ME CD? If so, See this and extract a new copy of notepad.exe to C:\Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;Q129605&

Let me know how this goes, There are a few things to do yet to make sure you are virus free..
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Old November 7th, 2002, 07:54 PM
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Do it the easy way, go here and download it and drag and drop it to C:\Windows

http://d21c.com/Tom41/
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Old November 7th, 2002, 08:24 PM
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my computer cannot open internet explorer....it will perform a search for the exe file....same with icq....fifa....
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Old November 7th, 2002, 08:28 PM
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i think many of my exe files are gone....y?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 08:29 PM
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izzit the norton anti virus deleted them?
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Old November 7th, 2002, 08:35 PM
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It is hard to say if Norton or W32.Supova deleted the files.

Navigate to C:\Program Files and open the Internet Explorer folder and see if the setup.exe is there. If so run it.
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Old November 7th, 2002, 09:10 PM
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i tried the setup.......i click on restore my previous internet explorer and shared components but it says cannot uninstall......either uninstall information is missing or information has been corrupted
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