Hey guys, i couldnt find the right topic to post this under so i figured id put it under OS
So basically about three days ago when i search using my address bar I would be directed towards a search provider named "Scanquery", although my default search provider was google.
Then this morning all of a sudden my internet stops working and this antivirus software pops up, its called Vista Antivirus 2011, and it would not allow me to use the internet.
Right away i system restored, when it finished i opened my system but i still cant run Mozilla Firefox. I was not getting anymore Vista Antivirus pop ups but the problem was that whenever i clicked mozzilla firefox nothing would happen, once i got a popup that said
"the application failed to initialize properly ("hexcode")
Somehow google chrome was still working, So i used google chrome and installed malware bytes and I destroyed all the viruses and infections it found.
Next i found a list of registry keys the virus would have made and i was about to delete them when i found that in my HKEY\currentUSER\software\class (typing from memory i cant access regedit right now) i did not have a .exe value
usually in that area all the file extensions are listed or soemthing but their was no exe file.
So i downloaded a vista exe fix in order to fix my registry but i cant run it.
Command prompt will not run, i managed to run it as admin but i get an ACess Denied whenever i try to run soemthing (eg. Regedit.exe)
I ran malware bytes and it found some more stuff, i restarted and the situation is even worse.
As soon as i start my computer everything starts shutting down
I get messages saying "Kaspersky is no longer working"
"utorrent is no longer working
and pretty much almsot every application i have shutsdown, windows live messenegr doesnt work, adobe PS doesnt work"
I cant run any applications, i downloaded Rkill (from my dads laptop) and tried to use it but it doesnt work either. I did another system restore but still nothing.
All my antivirus shuts down at start and nothing works, at this point i think that the problem is that my exe file thingy has been deleted or soemthing,
Im running a windwos Vista Pc home premium with the latest service pack
I have acces to my dads laptop
Can someone please provide me with a soloution?
EDIt
I just checked my dads registry and he doesnt have a .exe file in hkey\currentuser\software\class so i guess i was wrong
Any ideas on what i can do then?
