Hey guys Windows 7 for me at the moment is only opening Internet explorer 64bit and thats it,
It wont run or open anything else pretty much.
im sure ive picked up a virus or something of some sort but i dont know how to fix this
please please help
Regards
Woodyoz
Try to download Malicious Software Removal Tool | Protect Your Computer
And try to scan with your antivirus. If you can't, boot into safe mode and try there.
hey there,
sorry to be a pain in the ar#$ but it wont even run anything in safe mode..
it will run internet explorer and thats about it
cheers
Woodyoz79
In this case i would recommend completely wiping your hard drive, and re-install windows. If it is a virus you will want to get rid of it ASAP.
Pick up your HDD and install it on healthy computer as a slave drive.
Then do a full scan. :)
A system restore might help
System Restore
Run Malwarebytes
Run a scan for malware with Malwarebytes. Rename it iexplore.exe and then try.
If the above option fails, you'd be better off with a windows reinstall as its the safest, surest and fastest fix.
virus probably modified the .exe registry setting to execute the virus instead of other programs - without a bat file fixing your .exe registry setting, you're in for a rough time.
I've pasted a small .bat entry that you can create in order to help combat the executable(s).
Copy it out into a notepad and save it as a .bat attempt to run this before clicking malwarebytes or whatever you wish to scan with.
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile\shell\open\command] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell\open\command] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe] @="exefile" "Content Type"="application/x-msdownload" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile]
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