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  1. neilcolt

    neilcolt Regular member

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    I have been trying to work on a problem on a laptop "acer" that had viruses and spyware on it.Seem to have got rid of them eventually although big problem now is,when i try to open up a "exe" files i get the Windows which program do you want to open up this .exe file with,i have tried using explorer but it then just opens up another box.???
    How can I get these .exe files open,naturally i must be missing files from when taking the viruses out.
    Help appreciated.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    have you tried system restore in safemode to before the infections as had to do that recently with customer who was infected by malware?
     
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    It was so badly infected the system restore and the windows security center had disappered.I can see a reformat coming here.I tried to load the safe mode but again no exe files would start to run a malware program,these infections are awful if not dealt with asap.Thanks DDP.
    NeilC
     
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    does your safemode have administrator & did you try it?
     
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    Yeah tried the adminstrator acc in safe mode.Still these exe.s would not start up.Strangley enough i went into task bar manager and programs running,and there were loads missing.
    Even worse the security center had wiped itself out(virus did).

    Lesson learnt here keep everything upto date.
     
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    do you have a spare hd to load windows onto so that you can get data off sick hd?
     
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    Yeah have done this and all ok and working fab.

    Thanks for your help and your support.

    NeilC

    PS antivirus loaded ,updated and all spyware+malware options taken also.cheers
     
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    no problem, teach & learn.
     

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