Summary: I just encountered this problem myself, and thought I'd share what fixed it. Basically went through the same steps. Couldn't open .exe or .lnk files...
Summary: I found both belt.exe and msmgt.exe running and would like to know how to procede with removing them. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:09...
Summary: Hi, I have been searching for answers on how to disable these permanently from startup (Ctfmon.exe and gearsec.exe). Ctfmon.exe is part of the altern...
Summary: there is an svchost.exe and update.exe process taking cpu load around 40-70%. it is either one or the other like update.exe will be doing it(not sure ...
Summary: I've been f---ing with this since 8pm (it's now 3pm) and made little progress. I fdisked my hard drive, cleaned it completely off to begin xp pro inst...
Summary: We were alerted to the problem on our network yesterday (3/23/04) of the winampa5.exe worm. It finds itself into XP machines that DO NOT have SP1 inst...
Summary: panecsvc.exe and paual.exe seem to have no useful purpose in my machine- they showed up yesterday when I was whacked with a bunch of ad/spy ware. The...
Summary: I have installed Zonealarm regular on my XP system. I have Zonealarm start up with system. The first things that pop up when I start windows is Zoneal...
Summary: i booted my comp up this morning and it came up with an error, something bout windows... regedit... and explorer.exe wont load, which means i have no ...
Summary: i can't open regedit.exe and command.exe. a message tells me that it has been disabled by the administrator. the prob is I AM the admin. the last time...
Summary: My system would be ready for log in 15 seconds (at most) from a cold boot. About a week ago or so, it started it's bios check and then hung at USB M...
Summary: Folks, Till last week my PC was running fine. I made no H/W changes. Last weekend, when i truned on my PC, There was a whirring sound and the red ligh...
Summary: hello hope you can help... my computer crashed today when playing elite force online-this is a frag game so i had plenty of sound prior to crashing. h...
Summary: if this is a duplicate i aplogize. go to program files/commonname. rename comwiz.exe and winnet.exe to some nonsense name without an extension, 134q...
Summary: It is ridiculous to think theat Sp2 makes your pc run any slower. I have put 6 machines of mione on Sp2 with no problems and no speed loss, and i bega...
Summary: Hey I was wondering if anyone could help me I have been getting alot of tasks being executed without me doing anything and I dont know why... I have b...
Summary: Hey, I have a very strange situation going on here. First of all, I ran McCafee Virus Scan, Adaware and the AOL Spyware programs, and nothing really ...
Summary: 3%-10% cpu. I cannot find any info on these. Any Ideas??I am cleaning/tuning a friends laptop(hp ze4200). I've run adaware, spybot, virus scan, and ha...
Summary: I have found two files in my registry They are irun4.exe and ssate.exe They are a virus I think Can I just delete from the registry? I used a worm rem...
Summary: my regedit and cmd .exe files has been disabled by the "administrator". problem is I AM the admin. i think this disabling has something to do when i i...
Summary: ok heres my problem explorer.exe and svchost.exe are taking up lots of resources and its driving me nuts why. I am clean of malware btw. all input is ...
Summary: I have a very weird problem on a friends PC he has a new centrino laptop but it's running so slow it's unbearable. and no exe files will run (an exe f...
Summary: Barely alive windows, can see files but none work.. My windows icons are all gone, replaced with 'no icon' and no exe files respond to start, neither ...
Summary: I have the exact same problem as you. Exact. I was able to run all of the file fixes through regedit (ctrl alt delete, file - ctrl+run type in regedit...
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