Ever since I 'fast shut-down' my computer yesterday by holding down the power button, my Windows XP Pro has been acting very weird.
So here's the problem. I cannot open programs/do tasks such as:
- MS Paint
- Command Prompt
- WordPad
- MS Magnifier
- Add/Remove Programs
- Security Center (from Control Panel)
- Adjusting Date/Time on the PC
- Right Clicking Desktop -> Properties
They are mostly Microsoft programs that I'm having an issue with, but also, I can't open programs like:
- iTunes - Most of my Game.exes
- Limewire (rarely use it, so I don't know if it's a problem)
What happens is the mouse flashes and nothing happens. I can get into many other programs just fine, like Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, My Computer, etc., but it's just the select few I can't.
Methods I have tried:
- Ad-Aware Full/Smart Scan (both)
- AVG Anti-Spyware
- Yahoo! Anti-Spy
- System Restore Points (two of them)
- Safe Mode (both with/without networking)
The scans I ran showed my computer as clean. However...
When I ran Spybot Search & Destroy, I got a ton of problems that popped up including Trojans. Whenever I try to click 'Fix Selected Problems', Spybot usually either 1) freezes, 2) say 'Memory is not enough'. So I don't know how to remove those Trojans because none of the other scanners detect them. :/
Could anyone help with me?? I'm trying to fix the programs so they work but I don't know if it has anything to do with the system or with the viruses. Any help is appreciated (sorry if I wrote too much.. trying to explain my problem as best I could in one post)
~Jeff
[Edit] Well Spybot is detecting 121 entries of Virtumonde.dll Trojan and I can't remove it no matter what I try (because Spybot keeps freezing and not responding if I click Fix Selected Problems).
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