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| Cannot open programs 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      |
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| Re: Cannot open programs What operating system are you running? Is it a possibility to do a system restore or do you have any backups that you can restore? "ronevsorg" <ronevsorg@aol.com> wrote in message news:9e3f0524.0410191605.50ce297c@posting.google.c om... > 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 |
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| Re: Cannot open programs What operating system are you running? Is it a possibility to do a system restore or do you have any backups that you can restore? "ronevsorg" <ronevsorg@aol.com> wrote in message news:9e3f0524.0410191605.50ce297c@posting.google.c om... > 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 |
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02-06-2007, 05:26 PM
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| Re: Cannot open programs There are a couple of viruses oot in the wild that cause this exact behavior. ronevsorg wrote: > > 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 |
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| Re: Cannot open programs There are a couple of viruses oot in the wild that cause this exact behavior. ronevsorg wrote: > > 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 |
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02-06-2007, 05:26 PM
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| Re: Cannot open programs 1. Try booting in Safe mode and running a complete virus check. 2. Insert your original XP Cd and do a repair (be careful not to do an install) 3. Hopefully you have a backup of your critical files because if the above do not work, you may have to do a total reinstall. John Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<4176469A.E0AFB5B0@nic.br>... > There are a couple of viruses oot in the wild that cause this exact > behavior. > > ronevsorg wrote: > > > > 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 |
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| Re: Cannot open programs 1. Try booting in Safe mode and running a complete virus check. 2. Insert your original XP Cd and do a repair (be careful not to do an install) 3. Hopefully you have a backup of your critical files because if the above do not work, you may have to do a total reinstall. John Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<4176469A.E0AFB5B0@nic.br>... > There are a couple of viruses oot in the wild that cause this exact > behavior. > > ronevsorg wrote: > > > > 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 |
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02-06-2007, 05:27 PM
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| Re: Cannot open programs 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. |
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| Re: Cannot open programs 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. |
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| Re: Cannot open programs Run Drefag and call me in the morning Keith "ronevsorg" <ronevsorg@aol.com> wrote in message news:9e3f0524.0410191605.50ce297c@posting.google.c om... > 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 |
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02-06-2007, 05:27 PM
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| Re: Cannot open programs Run Drefag and call me in the morning Keith "ronevsorg" <ronevsorg@aol.com> wrote in message news:9e3f0524.0410191605.50ce297c@posting.google.c om... > 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 |
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