I kind of got scammed online and forced to go to some less reputable sites. My PC was fine after this but when I removed a chat program and another recently installed program I think a msg about active desktop popped up and a side bar on the left of my desktop. I got rid of it easily enough. Now none of my shortcuts, desktop ini, exe files, or most files will not open. My icons lost their pictures or the .txt and .doc files reverted to an older version. I can open mozilla and ran bitdefender and malwarebytes from my networked PC and found no virus on the root drive. I am thinking I have a corrupt windows file. I can not run anything through Run as it says the same as when I try to open an exe program.
Is there an online site that will check my windows files or a program that will do the same as the system file checker that I can specify the root drive so that I can select my networked PC? Thanks for any help I don't want to reformat and its bad enough I got scammed already.
in the run command box type sfc\scannow .this will check your files and hopefully repair the corrupt ones.if this does nothing download the latest version of highjack this and run it.dont fix anything just yet,just post the log.
I cannot do either. I get the same message when trying to open either file. Windows cannot open this file .exe... needs to know what kind of program created the file.... select from a list or use web to find appropriate program. Its like all or most of my file extensions are no longer associated with a program to open them including shortcuts and things.
My browser appears to work fine, my system isn't hanging up any, I can even watch videos on the browser which is why I was hoping for some sort of online scan of the windows files. I can use a networked PC so any program I can select the root drive with I should be able to do from the other PC as I was able to make the root drive shared.
Icons loosing pictures should be fairly straight forward to repair,you need to rebuild icon cache however it may not work if the below is not repaired still worth a try & start with the easy stuff first
the .exe files etc is a different matter & more serious,you need to restore file associations
if your on w7 what about a system restore |||& since we're on this subject now would be a good time for me to give easeus todo backup(free version) a plug,its free & will solve any future balls ups
Originally posted by saulat_99: I cannot do either. I get the same message when trying to open either file. Windows cannot open this file .exe... needs to know what kind of program created the file.... select from a list or use web to find appropriate program. Its like all or most of my file extensions are no longer associated with a program to open them including shortcuts and things.
My browser appears to work fine, my system isn't hanging up any, I can even watch videos on the browser which is why I was hoping for some sort of online scan of the windows files. I can use a networked PC so any program I can select the root drive with I should be able to do from the other PC as I was able to make the root drive shared.
ill be buggered if i can understand that.what scorpnz is saying makes sense tho.you can also try downloading hjt on another computer and putting it on a usb drive and try running it that way.
That helped some. I had to go to the file types tab in folder options and create and exe extension associated with applications. My .lnk files are still broken. The exe files are working now but not .com or certain other file types. I guess I will need to recreate many of the file extension associations. Not sure if .com is the same as .exe and no clue at all what to associate .lnk files with.
Oh and sorry for the broken sentences. It was just he windows message asking for which program to use to open the exe files.
I can run hijack this now but I'm pretty sure the log looks fine I could post it if you want.
The sfc /scannow is asking for a windows xp sp3 cd which I don't have and it seems like a little hassle to get the right i386 folder or to create an sp3 disc. I only have an older disc before SP3.
Originally posted by saulat_99: That helped some. I had to go to the file types tab in folder options and create and exe extension associated with applications. My .lnk files are still broken. The exe files are working now but not .com or certain other file types. I guess I will need to recreate many of the file extension associations. Not sure if .com is the same as .exe and no clue at all what to associate .lnk files with.
Oh and sorry for the broken sentences. It was just he windows message asking for which program to use to open the exe files.
I can run hijack this now but I'm pretty sure the log looks fine I could post it if you want.
The sfc /scannow is asking for a windows xp sp3 cd which I don't have and it seems like a little hassle to get the right i386 folder or to create an sp3 disc. I only have an older disc before SP3.
i meant i couldnt understand the problem.lol.post the log anyway,just in case.can you run check disk utility?
Im off to work for 12 hours, will try to run check disc when I get home.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 5:03:11 PM, on 10/2/2012
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Unable to get Internet Explorer version!
Boot mode: Normal
