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@nhtpscd (1416)
Australia
December 17, 2006 7:10pm CST
I recently had a worm and Trojans and the only way was to reformat windows xp. The problem I am having is every time I start the computer it comes up with a black box c;\Document-1\startm-1\programs\startup\uninst-1.exe Has encountered an illegal instruction. How do I stop this? Please help if you can
2 responses
thundercat
@thundercat (505)
• United States
18 Dec 06
That sounds to me like there is a reference in your startup menu to a file that does not exist. Check the startup folder in the Start - Programs - Startup for a program called Uninstall. That might be the problem.
thundercat
@thundercat (505)
• United States
18 Dec 06
and remove the file from there.
nhtpscd
@nhtpscd (1416)
• Australia
18 Dec 06
Thanks for the reply thunder cat I will see if that works.
nhtpscd
@nhtpscd (1416)
• Australia
19 Dec 06
Hey thundercat you are tops it worked thankyou so much
tanaclark
@tanaclark (570)
• United States
18 Dec 06
I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME WITH WINDOWS XP.. I DOWNLOADED THE FREE VERSION OF MCAFEE AND THEN RAN THE THOROUGH CLEANUP. THIS FINDS AND FIXES REGISTRY ERRORS AND MISSING LINKS. IT MADE MINE GO AWAY HOPE THAT HELPS.
nhtpscd
@nhtpscd (1416)
• Australia
18 Dec 06
I already used a registry cleaner twice since this first happened. Thanks for the reply though