can't run exe's
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Name: bobbui
Date: September 29, 2003 at 13:03:34 Pacific
Subject: can't run exe's
OS: win 2k
CPU/Ram: 1 gig
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Comment: I am having a problem running exe files from my computer. I am pretty sure it is a virus but can't install NAV since I can't run exe's. I also can't start up a web browser so doing an online scan is out of the question also. Does anyone know a way to boot off of the norton cd and run a scan before windows loads up? -Bob
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Response Number 1
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Name: Kevin The Tech Dude
Date: September 29, 2003 at 14:51:46 Pacific
Subject: can't run exe's |
Reply: (edit)Bob, You can enter your CMOS/BIOS on startup and change the boot sequence to boot to the CD-ROM first but the problem is that the CD has a very old and outdate virus definition that will not detect newer viruses. There are other options but my brain is fryed from a cold I have right now. I'm sure others will post with some great ideas. KTTD
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Response Number 2
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Name: Tom41
Date: September 29, 2003 at 15:43:03 Pacific
Subject: can't run exe's |
Reply: (edit)Don't know what virus you have but try:
If you have access to another machine copy the bold text below to notepad and save as Exefix.reg. Then copy it to a floppy disk and insert it in your problem machine and double click on it to merge with the registry. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*" Reboot and try to run a .exe and try to go online and run a virus scan: http://housecall.antivirus.com/ Let me know if you receive an error when you attempt to merge the .reg file.
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Response Number 3
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Name: camcorderman
Date: September 30, 2003 at 15:43:49 Pacific
Subject: can't run exe's
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Reply: (edit)You may have the PE_Pirate.A virus. It affects all .exe files. I had it, and I can tell you don't delete the virus, because it will delete most of the .exe files along with it. So if you are able to do a virus scan, just clean the virus, don't delete it. I now got NAV 2004, so it caught it right away when it tried to infect me again. Hope this helps. James Poremba
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Response Number 4
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Name: Websphere51
Date: October 9, 2003 at 21:05:08 Pacific
Subject: can't run exe's
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Reply: (edit)Props to Tom41, thanks for the regedit code, that worked. However, I kept getting the error "can't find rogcerva.exe" ...says I needed it to run .exe files or .reg or .bat files. So I got a cmd prompt open and did a "start Execfix.reg" - it opened a new cmd window and that's all I saw, but it DID fix my error. After a reboot, I could run programs. So now I'm running NAV2004 for the second time and hopefully it will clean everything up for good (first time I ran 04 it cleaned 5 viruses but couldnt clean this last one...hence this post) Thanks again
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