Opening word documents everything is encoded....

Hi there .. Welcome to Seven Forums .. Go to the Control Panel / Programs and Features / Select Office ... And Repair from the top menu bar ..

Hi there .. Looks as if you will have to Uninstall and Reinstall

Anytime someone says "... an eMail that couldn't be opened.... then everything I opened was garbled..." it leads me to believe that the eMail attachment contained a virus. This might not be the issue, but...

The 1st thing I would do is run a full regiment of Maleware programs
start with the AV runtime on your machine

then




Bootable Offline scanners:

• Microsoft: Windows Defender Offline (WDO)

On Demand scans

• Malwarebytes' (Mbam)
  When installing Malwarebytes, do NOT select the free trial of the full version; you only want the free version.
  
• Kaspersky TDSSKiller Anti-Rootkit: Direct download (run, save or cancel)
  Detailed information
• ESET: Online Scanner
  Overview | Help

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RogueKiller: Download RogueKiller (Official website)
RogueKiller tutorial

Download the version for your system (x86 or x64)
Ignore the warning "This program is not commonly doanloaded and could harm your computer"

Open the folder or navigate to the save location in Windows explorer

Right-click RogueKiller and select Run as Administrator
Pre-scan does not load in Windows 7 x64. The "Driver" (DRV) square will be RED

Close all browsers and any other open windows

Press the SCAN button

A text file, RKreport or RKreport[#], is created on your Desktop

exit RogueKiller without taking any action - do not delete items found at this point, just exit.

Copy the text of the report and post it on this thread
Please use a "code" box by hitting the # icon on the posting menu and pasting your report between the [CODE][/CODE] tags

Code:

RogueKiller V8.5.2 _x64_ [Feb 23 2013] by Tigzy
mail : tigzyRK<at>gmail<dot>com
Feedback : http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/413-roguekiller/
Website : http://tigzy.geekstogo.com/roguekiller.php
Blog : http://tigzyrk.blogspot.com/
Operating System : Windows 7 (6.1.7601 Service Pack 1) 64 bits version
Started in : Normal mode
User : Slartybart [Admin rights]
Mode : Scan -- Date : 02/23/2013 14:17:42
| ARK || FAK || MBR |
¤¤¤ Bad processes : 0 ¤¤¤
¤¤¤ Registry Entries : 0 ¤¤¤
¤¤¤ Particular Files / Folders: ¤¤¤
¤¤¤ Driver : [NOT LOADED] ¤¤¤
.....
.....
Finished : << RKreport[1]_S_02232013_02d1417.txt >>
RKreport[1]_S_02232013_02d1417.txt

A member will advise you how to proceed after reviewing the output.

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Download AdwCleaner

The default save location is your Downloads folder.

AdwCleaner is a standalone executable, there is nothing to install.

1. Navigate to your Downloads folder
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2. Right-click on adwcleaner.exe
   --> select Run As Administrator to launch the application
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3. Click on Delete button
   
   
   
   
4. Confirm each deletion with OK
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5. Your computer will be rebooted automatically.
   --> A text file will open after the restart.
   --> Please post the content of that logfile in a post on this thread

You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[Sn].txt as well - n is the order number.

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Please download the Farbar Service Scanner to your Downloads folder (default download location)
This is a standalone utility, there is nothing to install.

Launch the scanner (FSS.exe) from the saved location
Tick ALL scan options
Cliick the Scan button

When the scan completes, a report will open - copy and paste the Farber result report in a post on this thread.
If it is too large, place the report into a zip file and attach it to the post.

The report, FSS.txt, is created in the same folder as the executable. If you saved Farbar Service Scanner to Downloads, the results report will also be in Downloads.

Good advise in the above post ... If every thing shows up clear .. I will have a go at changing the encoding