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> [Resolved] HighjackThis and more will not install.
beaucarnes
post Aug 12 2009, 10:29 AM
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My computer seems to be infected with many viruses. The most obvious one is PC Antispyware 2010. Occasionally the browser is taken over and sometimes audio sounding like a television station plays from my speakers. Also, my computer seems to be randomly rebooting itself.

Currently I am not able to install most programs relating to helping my computer. When I run the installation files, nothing happens. No windows pop up. This has happened with the following programs: HighjackThis, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, AVG AntiVirus, and SUPERAntiSpyware. I was able to install AdAware and Spybot - Search & Distroy, but unfortunately, those programs don't run. When trying to run AdAware, I get the message "Connection error, check your settings." I tried renaming the Spybot program to explorer.exe, like I read on another site. I was then able to run the program once until it crashed. Now it gives me the messege "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

Please help.

-Beau Carnes
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