jreed3 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Reinstalled win 98 on lod computer because exe's would not longer run. Problem continues but is corrected when antivirus is run. Problem returns after start up. Also what is the best way to upgrade win 98 to win 98 se? Thanks
jreed3 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Posted January 18, 2015 The restoration disk installed 98 instead of 98se.
submix8c Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Like this -http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-98-SECOND-EDITION-UPGRADE-CDROM-and-MANUAL-/301038602089Retail or Upgrade will work. OEM will not.edit - a cheaper one -http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Windows-98-Second-Edition-SE-Upgrade-Retail-CD-w-key-/261738909003?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf0dacd4b HTH Edited January 18, 2015 by submix8c
submix8c Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 You have gotten a virus, obviously. It "kills" registry entries upon Startup. Your other Topic -http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173327-what-is-the-best-way-to-upgrade-from-win-98-to-win-98-se/
jreed3 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Will the Win 95 to Win 98 SE upgrade work for Win 98 to Win 98 SE? I used an old version of McAfee. The other I tried said they were expecting a newer version of windows.
submix8c Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 1 - Not really sure. I'd have to try it (I own all three). I give that a big *MAYBE*.2 - McAfee stinks. Unsure of another suitable free version except...2a - SpyBot v1.62 (scroll down to that older version - only for Spyware) http://www.safer-networking.org/dl/2b - Maybe http://www.oldapps.com/avg_antivirus.php?system=Windows_982c - Clamwin - http://www.clamwin.com/If you *do* have a virus, an Upgrade 98->98SE won't help a bit. HTH and good luck.
jreed3 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks for the response. I seem to be in a catch 22. It seems I need 98 se to run a decent anti virus such as the ones you've mentioned above. When I try to install them, I am informed that the software expects a newer version of windows 98 and to try again when I have one.
M()zart Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) AVZ Antiviral Toolkit can repair exe association. It should run on Windows 98 SE, but I'm not sure about FE. Note that it's not a full-featured antivirus, but rather a tool for professionals for removing malicious software. To restore exe associations, on the File menu click System Restore, then select the first check box and click the corresponding button to perform the operation. I'm using a russian version, so I'm not sure if menu commands are named as I wrote.Edit: Even after restoring EXE association it's strongly recommended to check your system with a full-featured antivirus. You can try downloading and burning a boot CD with an antivirus, and then check the system after booting from the CD - without the need to upgrade Windows. Edited January 22, 2015 by M()zart
Drugwash Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 You may get lucky using one of the Kaspersky tools on this page, specifically CleanAutoRun.
submix8c Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Additionally, this sounds familar.https://support.microsoft.com/kb/250931/EN-US See this for a complete Registry fix (scroll down to the Windows 98 one):http://filext.com/faq/broken_exe_association.phpDownload it (DOWNLOAD, not run) to a safe place, *then* double-click on it (hopefully, that's not screwed up). The REG file contents will add/merge/replace whatever is incorrect in the Registry. Now reboot and see if you're fixed. If it does *not* merge, just do "Start->Run->Regedit" and "import" the REG file and reboot. HTH
Mijzelf Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I remember a virus (looong ago) which hijacked the exe registration. Instead of "%1" %* it did \full\path\to\virus.exe "%1" %*. This way the virus was activated as soon a you started an executable. Then the virusscanner removed the virus, but did not correct the registry key. Result: you could no longer start an executable, not even regedit.Solution: Boot the box to dos (F8 while booting? Long ago), rename regedit.exe to regedit.com. Boot to Windows, execute regedit.com and fix the entry. Edited January 23, 2015 by Mijzelf
Tripredacus Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I've seen that registry thing also, definately from the days of Windows 98. It is still used by current day viruses too, ran into one maybe a year ago that did this.
M()zart Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I remember a virus (looong ago) which hijacked the exe registration. Instead of "%1" %* it did \full\path\to\virus.exe "%1" %*. This way the virus was activated as soon a you started an executable. Then the virusscanner removed the virus, but did not correct the registry key. Result: you could no longer start an executable, not even regedit.Solution: Boot the box to dos (F8 while booting? Long ago), rename regedit.exe to regedit.com. Boot to Windows, execute regedit.com and fix the entry.I had such problem too. I did it in a longer way - wrote an application that runs exe's passed as a command line parameters with their passed command line and placed it to the virus location Then used AVZ.
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