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It all started when I heard clicking noises as if I were going from one page to the next while I was not. Also, I had gotten a popup saying that my JavaScript had to be reinstalled (it works okay as far as I can tell now). All of a sudden, all of my internet browsers had shut down. When I had tried to reopen the browser, it gave me the "Open With" box and in it was the IE browser application. Whether I click on it or click cancel, the browser still opens up.
Now convinced there was something terribly wrong with my computer, I opened up McAfee and did a quick scan to assess the damage. The scan showed that I had the artemis trojan and it Quarantined it. I was not able to delete or remove it. I then decided to do a reboot as I thought that would solve the problem. Instead it made things worse because now McAfee will not respond when I try to open it. I get the same "Open With" window and when I browse for the file to open I am not able to open it due to it being the wrong way to get to the file or something.
Now no program will open when I try to open it, instead I get the "Open With" window with some programs there that when I click on them, I get another "Open With" window again. It's a never-ending cycle. I went to Microsoft's website and downloaded a virus scan. I was lucky enough to install it and when it ran the scan, it moved very slowly and by the time it reached 7% it said that I had 8 threats and 1 file detected. I had to stop the scan prematurely because it was moving at a very slow pace.
Right now, the only program that opens is internet explorer and now it doesn't open when I try to open it from the taskbar but it opens from other areas. The only other program that works is adobe acrobat. When I try to open other files, I either get the "Open With" box or I get an error message saying "Application Not Found." Also, I find that my computer is moving a little slower (it's usually very fast) and when I use the scroll bar, it gets stuck on the scroll function when usually it can unscroll when I let go of the scroll bar.
Lastly, I've downloaded anti-malware software like "Vundo Fix" and "Hijack This" and saved them but when I tried to run them, I got the "Open With" box and I cannot get them to run. I then get the prompt to run it again, but when I click run the "Open With" box appears again and so on and so forth. I hope you guys can still help me or at least lead me to the right direction for help. Thank you very much for reading this.
Edited by Naomi M., 15 April 2010 - 06:43 PM.
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