Posted on 03/07/2008 2:25:03 PM PST by adorno
Yep. This is what it's for. Among other things, to recover from a massive virus infestation.
Of course I don't know if we have memory chip failure or a hard drive failure.
So what’s going on?
That graphic is spot on!
Cable guy was out last week trying to fix an Internet connection problem. During his visit, he clicked on the IE and Firefox icons, etc. The PC went blue screen.
I laughed at that panicked looked on his face.
For some reason I have to load Firefox (2.0.0.12 and up) first, before IE, or I get the blue screen. It is some quirk in Firefox.
Cable guy had a look on his face similar to that kitty in the graphic. He thought he had really messed my system up.
That’s a graphic worth saving....LOL!
Do you mean the free AVG download or to purchase that program rather than others? Link?
| AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection ... |
Thanks. : )
Once that's done, you can try all manner of suggestions that have already been posted. If they work without removing your data, all is well, and you just wasted some time. If you trashed your data while fixing the problem, at least you can restore it.
Found this, might be worth a try.
> When I try to execute ANY ( yes, any ) executable ( *.exe/*.msi etc) file,
> I
> receive the error msg “is not a valid Win32 application”. I am now at the
> point I can not add or update ANY software whatsoever due to this error
> coming up for any executable.
Back in my help desk days, I would often see this is a result of a virus
called “pretty park” or something like that. It modified the registry to
change the handler for .EXE files and Windows would throw the same error.
It’s a long shot, but check this key in your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command
There should be two keys there, (Default) and Isolated Command as shown
below with the Type and Data If you have other stuff in the Data besides
“%1”
%*, then something has gotten into your PC.
Key Name: (Default)
Key Type: REG_SZ
Key Data: “%1” %*
Key Name: IsolatedCommand
Key Type: REG_SZ
Key Data: “%1” %*
Give us an update when you can>>>>>!
Link in post 37 - I’ve used the free version for years and have had no problems whatsoever. I also recommend Adaware, CWshredder and Hijack This to ferret out malware and spyware.
Oops - meant post #27
Thank you. I appreciate the other recommendations too. : )
By the way, people, sorry for the delayed response.
I was with my mother at the hospital where she was having her gall-bladder removed.
It’s only when I got back from the hospital that I got busy again on my computer problem
My last 2 replies, including this one, are from the “repaired” system.
Never heard of Comodo Firewall...
But I see a good review:
Yeah, I’m not too happy with the latest revs of Commodo Firewall, myself. Nothing as bad as what you faced, but it’s been way too sensitive to everything.
It gives me 3 to 5 warnings when I try to open any app. After struggling with that for a couple of weeks or so, I finally just set it to ignore any apps starting up. Not the ideal solution, but it was bugging the tar out of me.
Was this a failure of the functioning of the package or just one of those ....installation problems....?
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