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program not found - Uninstal.exe

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by raamiz

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Whenever I click a link in order to visit that specific website system prompts a message:

Program Not Found
Windows cannot Uninstal.exe
This program is needed for opening files of type
'URL-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol'

As a result I can not visit any website by clicking on a link from outside of the browser. Within the browser It is ok.

Grateful if you will Please advise me the reasons and possible solution to address this issue.

Thanks & regards

Masood Zaidi
Doha-QATAR (AG)

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by thechas

Sounds like a malicious program, or virus has taken over your system.

What has happened, is instead of your browser being set to handle hyper-links, the file association has been set to run uninstal.exe.

Start by running a thourough virus scanwith up to date definition files.

Next, open Windows Explorer.
Click on Tools, Folder Options.
Then select the file types tab.

What you need to do, is select each file type, and verify that the correct program is called to open the file.
Delete the listed links that use uninstal.exe

The next time you have a hyperlink to click on, right click, and select open with.
Choose your web browser, and make sur ethat the always use this program is checked.

Chas

by raamiz

Thank you very much for your reply. It helped me solving my problem. But my system does not seem to be taken over by a virus. I have run a thorough virus scan of NAV but did not find anything. Wish to know why it is happened.

Thanks
MZ

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