no program will run

[David Harmon]

Problem with Windows ME

I have a computer in that started out with not being able
to shut down - nothing would happen, and when clicking on
things in control panel - again nothing would happen. There
were some other problems but these stand out.

I downloaded NAV and it ran in DOS mode and found
W32/Protoride.worm and W32/Qaz.worm.gen, but could not do
anything about them.

After rebooting the only thing I found that would work was
"Folder options" in Control panel. Everytime I click on
something it says that it can not find the path to that
file. Even when I go to the folder where the .exe file is
and click on it, I get the same message. For example going
to c:\windows and click on freecell.exe the same message
comes up. I can not load or run NAV or anything else.

One message I got at sometime in all of this was - when
running explorer - popup - Vet Resident Protection Version
10.59.2.0. C:\windows\notepad.exe is Win32.Qaz.worm. Not
cleared.

What suggestions do you have?

Thanks David Harmon 909-359-5188

[Noel Paton]

Get a decent AV
www.f-prot.com - F-Prot for DOS

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"David Harmon" > wrote in message
...
> Problem with Windows ME
>
> I have a computer in that started out with not being able
> to shut down - nothing would happen, and when clicking on
> things in control panel - again nothing would happen. There
> were some other problems but these stand out.
>
> I downloaded NAV and it ran in DOS mode and found
> W32/Protoride.worm and W32/Qaz.worm.gen, but could not do
> anything about them.
>
> After rebooting the only thing I found that would work was
> "Folder options" in Control panel. Everytime I click on
> something it says that it can not find the path to that
> file. Even when I go to the folder where the .exe file is
> and click on it, I get the same message. For example going
> to c:\windows and click on freecell.exe the same message
> comes up. I can not load or run NAV or anything else.
>
> One message I got at sometime in all of this was - when
> running explorer - popup - Vet Resident Protection Version
> 10.59.2.0. C:\windows\notepad.exe is Win32.Qaz.worm. Not
> cleared.
>
> What suggestions do you have?
>
> Thanks David Harmon 909-359-5188