Typing Error

[Sigma Dio]

Ugh, I'm seriously getting annoyed.

Ever since I got av.exe, everything has been weird.

First, clicking any exe gives this message.
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel.

When I type, my cursor jumps around at times. It was just spazzing out as I was typing a post.
Before, it said that rundll.exe had a problem, but that was two days ago.

Any ideas on fixing my keyboard problem? (Or the other one. Eh.)

[Insoletic]

Virus infection, dude.

Two options:
Scan the computer
Reformat

[Sigma Dio]

There is no more infection. I got rid of it.

[FreezeFlame]

A lot of the sites I searched say av.exe is a Virus/Trojan. It is incredibly malicious, and should be removed from your system.

av.exe is a process which is registered as the W32/Alphx.worm.a virus. This virus changes your start-page for Internet explorer. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system.\r Please see additional details regarding this process.\r

Disable and Remove av.exe IMMEDIATELY. This process is most likely a virus or trojan. It is highly recommended to Run a Free Performance Scan to automatically optimize memory, CPU and Internet Settings.

[Mina_Horse]

If possible it might be a good idea to use windows system restore to go back to a period before the system was infected and from there to install a good antivirus program such as Avira which is free. Best of luck.

[Sigma Dio]

Yeah, I terminated av.exe before it could do anything too bad. It was gone all of five minutes after I found it. I've already run my Anti-Virus, my Anti-Spyware, and my Anti-Malware.

[Lavi]

First remove you're firewall if any, if you don't have a firewall download either Comodo or ZoneAlarm the two most reliable in my experiences, Then Format you're hard drive all of you're files, options ect. Will be erased so i suggest you put you're files onto a backup hard drive/flash drive. Then restart you're operating system and install you're fire wall this should solve you're problem and prevent any possible future problems with you're computer.

[Sigma Dio]

I've decided to provide pictures.

http://zelda-temple.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=113&pictureid=1773
This is when I left-click Firefox. Apparently, no program is associated with it for performing such an action.

Now, when I right-click and click Run As...
http://zelda-temple.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=113&pictureid=1774
Apparently, jqsnotify.exe is unusable.
http://zelda-temple.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=113&pictureid=1775

However, it DOES work.
http://zelda-temple.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=113&pictureid=1776

[Lavi]

Interesting how about using flock until you can uninstall Firefox.

[FreezeFlame]

"I'm getting the message "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folders options control panel." when I attempt to open a PPS attachment in Outlook Express. What's that all mean, and what do I do?"


The simplest thing to do is usually to reinstall the application that you expect to handle this type of file. For a PPS file you might reinstall the PowerPoint Viewer, or perhaps Microsoft Office, which contains PowerPoint. Office also offers what's called a "repair" install. One or the other should remedy the situation in most cases.

But reinstalling software isn't always practical. Let's face it, reinstalling Office could take some time. So we can fix things by hand.

Warning: this gets a little geeky.

We'll start with Windows Explorer:

-Open up Windows Explorer. (The Windows Key + E, on many keyboards.)

-Find any file with the PPS extension. For example somefile.pps.

-Right-click on the filename, and select Open With ....

-Even if the PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer is already listed don't click on it. Instead, select Choose Program at the bottom of the list that's displayed.

-In the resulting dialog box you should find PowerPoint, or PowerPoint Viewer, and click on that.

-Click the box labeled "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file".

-Press OK

This made your selection permanent. PPS files will now be opened with the program you've selected.

This may be enough. See if it resolves your problem. If not, we have an additional place to make a similar modification. But this one's even geekier.

First, you'll need to locate "powerpnt.exe" (PowerPoint), or "pptveiw.exe" (PowerPoint Viewer) on your hard disk. This varies based on the version you may have. For Office 2003, with a default install, I found them at:

-"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\POWERPNT.EXE"

-"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint Viewer\PPTVIEW.EXE"

The quotes are important because there's a space in the file name. The capitalization actually doesn't matter. Remember which one you have, we'll need it in a second.

Now we go, as the error message suggested, to Control Panel:

-In Control Panel, double click on Folder Options.

-Click on the File Types tab.

-In the Registered File Types list, scroll down until you find the PPS entry and click on that. It should, at this point, tell you in the Details section that it "opens with: " PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer.

-Click on the Advanced button.

-For a PowerPoint file, one of the Actions listed should be Show.

-If "Show" exists, click on it, click on Set Default, and click on Edit....

-In the Application used to perform action: enter the full path to either PowerPoint, or PowerPoint Viewer that you found above, or use the browse button to find them again. Don't hit OK just yet.

-For Powerpoint, after that full path name add a space followed by: /s "%1". For PowerPoint Viewer, do the same, only without the /s.

-OK your way back out.

-If "Show" didn't exist, click the New button, type Show in the Action field, and in the Application used to perform action field, enter the full path to either PowerPoint, or PowerPoint Viewer that you found above, or use the browse button to find them again. Don't hit OK just yet.

-For Powerpoint, after that full path name add a space followed by: /s "%1". For PowerPoint Viewer, do the same, only without the /s.

-Hit OK, click on Show in the Actions list, and then click on Set Default.

-OK your way back out.

[Sigma Dio]

So, today, I got ave.exe. Same thing as av.exe, just dumber, it seems. An updated SpyBot was able to get rid of it, AND repair the issues I was having. Huh.

Remember kids. When in doubt, SCANSCANSCAN.

[Zelda Hunter]

Except for when the site offers you a FREE SCAN. (Caps means it's probably the worst choice for your computer.) As far as I know, nothing on the internet can scan without giving you a damned virus.

Use a program, such as Spybot, etc.