Newbie here, System info: Acer Aspire 6930 running Vista Home Premium 2007 Problem: Got a virus but I can surf the internet and do standard functions. I download fix after fix but cannot run the exe files to repair viral problems. Issue: When I try to open most (not all) icons or exe files I am prompted with "Windows cannot find 'xxx'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." I have tried to Open as Administrator but get the same prompt. After downloading each fix that I find on the internet, I click on the repair exe files and get, "ShellExecuteEx failed, code 2. The system cannot find the file specified." I have tried to open Regedit.exe but get the same result. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated! thanks
Get Avast 5 anti-virus. Do a boot time virus scan. This scans entire system before OS loads and gets rid of any nasties. Once your virus is gone open command prompt as administrator and type "sfc scannow". This will check for corrupted system files and repair them. Hopefully this will sort things out for you.
alextheg, thanks for the quick response and solution...will try this and get back to you in the coming days.
alextheg, just downloaded Avast 5 and double clicked on the exe file but again got the same result of "Windows cannot find...." I even tried to open as administrator. also, you mentioned doing a boot time virus scan...I'm a little unclear: did you mean that i should run the Avast 5 then within my PC, setup a bootup virus scan? or is the boot time virus scan part of the Avast software workings?