Justin Gonzalez

Justin Gonzalez is a contributor at Techerator and is currently studying Aviation at the University of North Dakota.

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Fix: What To Do if Removing a Virus Blocks Executable (.EXE) Files From Opening

Fix: What To Do if Removing a Virus Blocks Executable (.EXE) Files From Opening

by Justin Gonzalez and Evan Wondrasek on March 19, 2010 

I have recently observed that after removing certain fake anti-spyware viruses (such as “Windows Security Center” or “Anti Virus 2010″), all executable (.exe) files will no longer open.  No matter what file you try to open – iTunes, Firefox, or even Malwarebytes – they will not open because they are all .exe files. To fix this problem, I came across a process t...