I have a dell studio 1735 that is about 2 years Old. I have had many problems with it but most recently I can not open IE or Chrome. I also can not open my antivirus and many other programs. When I attempt to open them I get the "open with" prompt. And can't seem to work around It. Any ideas?
Sounds like you have malware ... see if restoring the file extention helps you run anti-virus and anti-malware scans.
Default File Type Associations - Restore
Go to C:\Program files\your software, and check if your software still exist, try to run them from there.
most likely its a virus
Hello Jgran, and welcome to Seven Forums.
It sounds like your assocations got messed up somehow. Downloading and merging the exe and lnk (LNK) options in the tutorial below may be able to fix this. It will restore their default associations.
Default File Type Associations - Restore
Afterwards, I would recommend to use the free Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper and Malwarebytes to scan your system for malware to help be safe.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
EDIT:
I was to slow this morning.
Thank you So much for the info. However I can not download these things to attempt to fix my problem because I can not use any web browser. I'm accessing this forum via my android phone. I do notice "application extension" files and some text docs titled eula.(four numbers) tbat k have never noticed anywhere before.
Can you access web browser in Safe Mode with Networking ?
If yes, go run those anti-virus, anti-malware programs suggested by Jacee and Brink.
Last edited by Brink; 23 Jul 2011 at 10:49. Reason: added link
I was unable to access a browser in safe mode either. So I guess I will have to get it from another computer.
Thanks for all the help on this. I finally got around do getting another computer so i could get the needed files and it worked. When i ran the system sweeper i had 3 major threats. I got rid of them, did the registry things and its all working normal now. I was wondering if i should still use the malwarebytes since i have McAfee. Or if McAfee will do the same thing. Again thanks for all the help!!!
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