A virus cause my .exe files to stop opening can some one help.? – Y! Answers

Just found that my friend is having PC problems. Went to have a look and couldn’t figure out why the programs wouldn’t open. Did a search and this was the answer, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100308123855AAQuNHh

So I got the .exe files to open by downloading the patch while in Safemode with networking (press F8 repeatedly when booting up, the select safemode with networking) and I’m now running Malwarebytes free program to weed out any nasties. Ding ding, just found 3 objects so far…

Final count on quick scan (6.49mins) is 12!