programs closeing freqently

[spread25]

programs closeing freqently PLEASE HELP ME!!!

on my computer some of the programs i have like norton antivirus, norton presonal firewall and dos,run, and some other ones but i dont know what is causing this to happen is it a virus or something

 

[Praetor]

Well what's an example of something that doesnt run????

 

[spread25]

Well what's an example of something that doesnt run????

run doesnt "run". also norton antivirus and the notrton presonal firewall and dos dont run

 

[Praetor]

If DOS doesnt run then you're best off reinstalling the OS as very critical things have gone missing/corrupted

 

[spread25]

is that the only thing i can do to fix this problem and would reinstalling the OS delete the programs and the games that i already have on my computer now

 

[Nephilim]

If things are messed up to the point that a core program like DOS won't run then, yes, you should reinstall your OS.

 

[spread25]

is cmd part of dos?

 

[Praetor]

cmd IS dos

 

[spread25]

cmd works but when i try to open a dos game it closes after 2 sec.

 

[Praetor]

Well thats because DOS is antiquated and not properly supported under NT5-based OSes (of which XP belongs). You can try the compatability modes available under XP but that might not work

 

[spread25]

could spyware or a virus be doing any of this

 

[Praetor]

It could be but that's something I kinda assumed you'd check out already (or rather, first)

 

[spread25]

It could be but that's something I kinda assumed you'd check out already (or rather, first)

i did try to check but i could not find anything about this

 

[Praetor]

No what i meant was... did you run an virus scan and spyware check (just to make sure)?

 

[spread25]

oh yea i did try that first but it dident find anything but i am using a demo of a antivirus beacouse norton dont run

 

[Praetor]

I would still consider an OS reinstallation as it definitely seems something is messed up really bad

 

[spread25]

today i ran my virus portection sevral times an on the second to last it found a trojan and my problem went away but i wolud like to know why my virus protection dident cach this before becouse this fixed all my problems my norton is run, run is runing, dos is running every thing is running.

 

[Praetor]

1. Update your definitsion
2. You got another virus that was detected today
3. Run the virus scan at boottime