HELP!! All my icons/programs turned into INTERNET EXPLORER!

Quite honestly you need to take it to a local trusted repair shop. This issue needs to be delt with buy a professional repair tech. You most likely can not repair this problem yourself.
 
You can try malwarebytes to find out if you have a virus or not and you can also use a program called vipre. I would try to at least identify whats going on before I pay someone.
 
effexit said:
Help!!!

I am having a big problem, all the programs icons on my desktop (and main menu) changed into IE icons and won't let me open any of them.

When I click on them a white IE page tries to open and then I get a message (like when you download something) save, open .... whatever I choose nothing happens, the program wouldnt start.

I also tried to do "open with" but it would turn all the of programs into the program I am trying to open (and it wouldnt open anyway).

I am using WINDOWS VISTA

Somebody suggested me to follow these instructions, but I am not sure it's safe and I am scared to mess my computer even more:

I'm guessing some sort of spy ware has caused this, so every time you open anything it opens IE.
in any case you may download a utility to disconnect this problem its called unhookexec.inf.
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-050614-0532-99 (when I go on this page it says to be very careful to download this software and to be sure before installing it .... that kind of scares me as I am def. not sure this would fix the issue :( - PLEASE HELP!!!!))
this is the link to get it. if you can get online with this computer download it on that machine, or you can save it on a disk or whatnot.
if this doesn't work
there is a windows registry restore feature built into windows 98, but if its been more then 3 days of booting the computer it will not help, it only stores the first boot of the last three days.
to use this utility you need to boot to a dos prompt when the computer is starting hit f8 i think to go to OS select or use a startup disk. boot to dos then switch to the folder called
type this
CD\windows\system
now type
scanreg/restore
now a program Will open up and give you selections of registry backups to restore to.
but let me warn you if you did allot of installing of programs after the restore point they will not work right and will need to be reinstalled.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
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That behavior is similar with virus/trojan. Just do a full scan with antivirus.

I think what somebody talking about is sytem restore. If scanning did not found anything, do a system restore and choose the time before you got the problem.
 
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