When ever i type cmd in run it comes up with a illegal instruction msg. See pic for below for visual

someone help

Edited March 27, 200620 yr by halo1914

Try this in the run box %Comspec%

Try this in the run box %Comspec%

well that brings up command prompt but if i type anything in it like ipconfig or netstat it has the same error

Note you're running CMD.COM, not CMD.EXE - XP doesn't contain a CMD.COM file, so I don't know what's going on there. I'd delete that file, because cmd should run cmd.exe, not cmd.com.

cmd.com is usually crated by a few different type of spywares.

you will definatley want to run a few antispyware programs aswell as get an online virus check from trendmicro.

Delete CMD.COM. It's an invalid file (from the error message, it seems to be attempting to execute the string "c:\win"(dows) as instructions.)

try pasting this file into C:\Windows\System32 folder..

http://bleddyn.co.uk/files/cmd.exe