Computer problems.?

Question

Recently my computer started doing something strange. When a program locks up, and I have to end it... I can never get that program to work properly again. It happened to windows live messenger. Every time i run it, it shows up in my processes menu, but never comes up. More recently, it happened to my recording software, Ableton Live. It only shows up in my processes menu, but never comes up, and I can't even end the process. It does this after countless restarts and reinstallations. Any clues? help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

That probably means that you have SpyWare. Visit http://www.download.com and get SpyBot Search & Destroy. This will clean up many threats.

Run your anti-virus solution.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

If you start it and doesn't start working, you'll have to go to the Windows Task Manager and end the Process. For example, if I start Fire Fox and it doesn't start working, I'll have to open the Task Manager and end the "firefox.exe" process.

I hope that helps.

Also, make sure you regularly Windows Update your computer.

Edit:
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Answer 3

Sounds like a virus that infects exe files. Need to clean it up or reformat disk.

Answer 4

run an antivirus scan. I had this problem before, but i formatted my pc and its okay now. Me too had same problem coming from windows live messenger.