Guest Jag Chan Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Windows XP Pro with SP2. After replacing AVG with Avira I cannot open my drives directly. When I click the drives a window opens with the message - "choose the program you want to use to open this file" I have to go to windows explorer to open the drives. Your advice will be of great help to me. Thanks.
Guest Malke Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: Drive accessing problem Jag Chan wrote: > Windows XP Pro with SP2. > > After replacing AVG with Avira I cannot open my drives directly. > > When I click the drives a window opens with the message - "choose the > program you want to use to open this file" > > I have to go to windows explorer to open the drives. Open the drives (I am assuming these are hard drives) and look for an autorun.inf file. If you find it, delete it. If you don't see autorun.inf, do a thorough scan for malware. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Jag Chan Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Drive accessing problem Malke <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:uZaqVYZFJHA.616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > Jag Chan wrote: > >> Windows XP Pro with SP2. >> >> After replacing AVG with Avira I cannot open my drives directly. >> >> When I click the drives a window opens with the message - "choose the >> program you want to use to open this file" >> >> I have to go to windows explorer to open the drives. > > Open the drives (I am assuming these are hard drives) and look for an > autorun.inf file. If you find it, delete it. If you don't see > autorun.inf, do a thorough scan for malware. > > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > > Malke I have run both Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SUPER Antispyware. No Malware found. As I wrote earlier problem started after replacing AVG with Avira. Should I format and reinstall. Regards. Thanks.
Guest Malke Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Drive accessing problem Jag Chan wrote: > Malke <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in > news:uZaqVYZFJHA.616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > >> Jag Chan wrote: >> >>> Windows XP Pro with SP2. >>> >>> After replacing AVG with Avira I cannot open my drives directly. >>> >>> When I click the drives a window opens with the message - "choose the >>> program you want to use to open this file" >>> >>> I have to go to windows explorer to open the drives. >> >> Open the drives (I am assuming these are hard drives) and look for an >> autorun.inf file. If you find it, delete it. If you don't see >> autorun.inf, do a thorough scan for malware. >> >> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > I have run both Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SUPER Antispyware. > No Malware found. > As I wrote earlier problem started after replacing AVG with Avira. > > Should I format and reinstall. Did you find an autorun.inf file? Are these hard drives you're talking about? I don't know what you mean by "wrote earlier problem started.." since I have no idea to what earlier problem you're referring. I don't have enough information to say whether you should reinstall Windows or not. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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