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I had a problem with my Norton anti virus,so I went to my system32 to see if I can find a trojan that is preventing my norton to load.I right clicked and pressed arrange Icons by Modified and i deleted my Explorer16.exe!Now I cant open .exe files Can some one help me?

explorer16.exe is a worm file.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%20Explorer16.exe

You might try these scans as well:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx

To repair your file association try the following:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Scroll down to .EXE File Association Fix

Thanks alot GOod thing I deleted that worm file before it got to other files.I fixed my "cannot run .exe" problem.Thank you once again


- Nyte

Glad to hear u r running again

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