ronevsorg@aol.com (ronevsorg) wrote in message news:<9e3f0524.0410191605.50ce297c@posting.google. com>...
> After having problems trying to update my norton anti virus...I
> suspected a virus preventing me from doing this....so I downloaded
> some freeware from AOL...after getting rid of the virus...I was able
> to update my anti virus and virus definitions...then I rebooted..after
> windows opened up..a quick message popped up from norton saying "
> sucessfully deleted ______ virus" (didn't catch WHAT virus) but
> anyway...a message popped up from windows saying "Couldn't find
> Setup.EXE"...so now none of my .EXE application'll open up.
> So whats the deal with this "problem" AND can
> this be fixed w/o taking it somewhere?
> Thanking you in advance
> Chris


You could - reinstall windows. For XP do a repair. That will replace
the EXE files.

But regarding setup.exe, that doesn't sound like a file that windows
needs in order to start up.
Do start..run..msconfig <ENTER>
and deselect stuff so they don't start up.