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re-installing notepad.exe

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by fathom

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I just tried to quarantine a virus I had on my computer. Sorry I didn't think of writing down the name of the virus. The virus infected my notepad application. The quarantine with Norton would not work; therefore Norton made the notepad application un-executable. Now...what do I need to do to get notepad back? How do I re-install notepad?

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by earnest

1. Remove the virus either with your anti-virus software or getting a listing from your virus software manufacturer that describes correcting the registry etc.
2. Goto> start> settings> control Panel > add/remove programs> windows settings> accessories. Select the whol accessories block. Put your win95/ 98 cd in drive and execute.
3. You might also be able to extract notepad.exe from your cd.
Poing to cd then> extract /a /l c:\windows win9x_02.cab c:\windows notepad.exe
4. > extract /a /l c:\windows\system win9x_02.cab notepad.*

Good luck,
Virusses are Hell,

Bo

by mphoffar

You can do that by finding the windows installation cabs either on CD-Rom or HD and extrac tthe files using the following command

extract /a win95_02.cab notepad.exe

or

extract /a win98_21.cab notepad.exe

depending on your OS

once it's extrqacted, just copy the file to the windows directory and you should be set a tthat point.

Good luck to you

Mark

by dmiles

Open the Control Panel,then double-click the Add/Remove Programss icon,select the Windows Setup tab,go down the list to Accessories and click to highlight,then click on the details button,at the bottom of list will be note pad,check the box and click OK,it will ask for OS disk,insert and it will install notepad.

by todd

This is an easy fix. The virus is called W32.HLLW.Qaz.A by symantec. You couldn't quarantine the virus because it was running. 1st thing to do, is to press CTRL+ALT+DEL and end the notepad.exe program from running.
Then go into file explorer to c:\windows\system, and delete notepad.exe Your original notepad.exe has been renamed to notepad.com. Rename it back to notepad.exe.
Last step is to edit your registry file. Start, run, regedit.
goto HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Currentversion/Run and look for startie that is calling notepad.exe. Highlight it and delete it. This should resolve your problem.
If you want further info on this virus, check here:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/qaz.trojan.html

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