so i downloaded Norton Antivirus to get rid of a nasty virus and upon restart Windows would not boot so i chose "start windows with last known working configuration". Virus is gone now but so is rundll32 (a popup box alerts me upon booting up). Most applications i attempt to start (including system restore) give me a pop-up window that says choose the program you want to open this file with. For example: i double click internet explorer and it says select program you want to open iexplore.exe with. Norton wont work of course. any expertise would be appreciated

3/2/2010 9:56:39 AM

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"so i downloaded Norton Antivirus"

found your problem

3/2/2010 9:58:09 AM

yea....tried getting Kaspersky first but the install wouldn't complete. kept wanting me to reboot

3/2/2010 10:01:45 AM

- Format C:
- quit downloading things from random places especially from p2p sites/applications
- don't click on emails from people you don't know/don't click links in emails unless you're sure it's safe
- don't click on links on webpages/facebook/etc. that say you won something, your picture/video is here, etc.
- get Micorsoft Security Essentials

3/2/2010 11:11:57 AM

going to download EXEFIX which is supposed to add itself to the system's registry and fix upon reboot. willl report in case someone else has this problem

3/2/2010 12:27:48 PM