Is it a virus

haymur

I have a problem with a dell 5150 desktop. It has XP as a OS. I cant get it to open most programmes. I get the choose programme to open with ,box popping up every time.It opens Outlook Express but wont open IE. I can get into IE by clicking a link in some emails and then going to home page. I have tried to open system restore but it wont run either at start up in safe mode menu or when in normal mode in start menu. I have run AVG and SuperAntispyware but no virus showing.The day before the problem I ran a scan and I wonder if I deleted some software when clearing some minor virus or cookies.

ASJ112

Probably not virus related. Don't suppose you have thought about using a different browser anyway ? IE isn't up to much.


This will shed more light


Download OTL to your Desktop

• Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
• Click the Quick Scan button. Do not change any settings. The scan wont take long.
• When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows. OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
• Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the contents of these files here

haymur

Yes tried two others i have but the programmes wont open either

haymur

I tried that but it would not run box popped up askink what prog to mopen with tried IE but no go

ASJ112

Do either of these work for you

http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/OTL.com
http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/OTL.scr

haymur

got it to run when it finished it said scan completed but no notepad reports

haymur

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