cannot launch .exe's via their icons

[Mike B.]

Here's my problem: I cannot access any .exe file the
normal way by clicking on their icon OR a shortcut to it.
When I do, I get the message that says "Windows cannot
find [filename]. Please make sure you typed the name
correctly...". This is the same message you get if you
type a bad path into start menu=>run.

However, these files that it cannot find show up in
windows explorer and can be accessed and executed by
networked systems. While I cannot launch the command
interpereter, I can put commands to launch any program in
a batch file and start the program that way.

The problem ocurred after installing norton antivirus
2003. I installed norton on another system and encountered
the same problem. I believe it is due to a virus rebelling
when it finds norton, because I did a clean install of
windows on one of the systems and then installed norton
and everything was hunky dory. But a clean install is not
an option for the other system...does anyone know what the
virus might have done to cause this type of problem? C'est
tres bizarre.

Thanks,
Mike

[Zofo]

seems like you are inflicted with the KLEZ Worm you can download a removal
tool from the SYMANTEC WEBSITE, the only other way is to search for the
files names and try renaming them back to exe otherwise re-install

cheers
zofo
"Mike B." > wrote in message
...
> Here's my problem: I cannot access any .exe file the
> normal way by clicking on their icon OR a shortcut to it.
> When I do, I get the message that says "Windows cannot
> find [filename]. Please make sure you typed the name
> correctly...". This is the same message you get if you
> type a bad path into start menu=>run.
>
> However, these files that it cannot find show up in
> windows explorer and can be accessed and executed by
> networked systems. While I cannot launch the command
> interpereter, I can put commands to launch any program in
> a batch file and start the program that way.
>
> The problem ocurred after installing norton antivirus
> 2003. I installed norton on another system and encountered
> the same problem. I believe it is due to a virus rebelling
> when it finds norton, because I did a clean install of
> windows on one of the systems and then installed norton
> and everything was hunky dory. But a clean install is not
> an option for the other system...does anyone know what the
> virus might have done to cause this type of problem? C'est
> tres bizarre.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike