Firefox won't open, Explorer won't connect

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Ceronomus - Oct 6, 2011 at 10:16 AM
 Anonymous User - Oct 6, 2011 at 09:42 PM
Hello,
I'm running Windows 7 Professional and I've just started having a doozy of a problem. I'd really appreciate some help.

As it stands, when I try to open Firefox it asks for permission to allow the program to make changes, then if approved, the programs just closes. Viewing it on task manager it just pops up and vanishes.

Trying to connect via Explorer. Explorer will OPEN, but it cannot connect to anything.

Outlook seems able to SEND messages, but cannot recieve messages.

Any ideas?
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Anonymous User
Oct 6, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Can you browse in safemode with networking?

Did you uncheck your proxy settings for the browser?

Disabled all antiviruses and tried?

Go to start and type UAC and press enter,select never notify option and try to browse?

When did this issue start?

Network drivers working fine?

Copy this from another PC and run it

https://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe

Go to run and type

hh web

Now press ALT+spacebar and then J key

Type google.com

Can your inbuilt html browser reach google.com?

Let us know
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Okay, going through all of this step by step.

Can you browse in safemode with networking?
I can browse with Explorer, but Firefox still will not open.

Did you uncheck your proxy settings for the browser?
I am not certain how to do this.

Disabled all antiviruses and tried?
No change.

Go to start and type UAC and press enter,select never notify option and try to browse?
No change

When did this issue start?
Avast found a virus (I foolishly didn't make note of what the problem was). After clearing the virus a boot-time scan was recommended. The computer wouldn't boot (it wouldn't even load the BIOS). Most likely the virus had damaged the MBR.

After disconnecting the HD, I was able to access the BIOS and loaded a Windows Recovery disc. This corrected the issue and the computer was able to boot. However, it then developed this problem.

Network drivers working fine?
I'm not certain. I BELIEVE so. I can access other machines on the network just fine....

Kaspersky finds no threats

Can your inbuilt html browser reach google.com?
Yes, it can.

What next?
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Anonymous User
Oct 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Boot into safemode with networking

Right click on your firefox icon-properties

Click on advanced - uncheck '' run as administrator'' option
This may solve the permission issue


Did you try reinstalling your firefox?

If you can browse using your html browser then you can try to reinstall your browsers.

What antivirus do you use?,Try uninstalling antivirus or third party firewalls

Also run these commands one by one(run as admin)

netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
netsh winsock reset

Restart and see if your can browse now.If still you face issue

Go to safemode with networking and run this

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/4621-malwarebytes-anti-malware/

Give a full scan

Let us know how it is
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I tried to reboot into safe mode and am NOW getting the following message

NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
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Tried rebooting again and just got a flashing cursor. Have now rebooted with Recovery disc.

This REALLY doesn't seem good. I'll run these steps as soon as I can get things running again.
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Boot into safemode with networking/Right click on your firefox icon-properties

Click on advanced - uncheck '' run as administrator'' option
This may solve the permission issue

Run as administrator was not checked. Ownership was Admin rather than myself. I changed that, no difference with the issue.


Did you try reinstalling your firefox?
Firefox now updates/re-installed and working. Add-on "Microsoft Default Manager" disabled

If you can browse using your html browser then you can try to reinstall your browsers.

What antivirus do you use?,Try uninstalling antivirus or third party firewalls
Avast anti-virus. I'm open to suggestions if there is something better though.

Go to safemode with networking and run this

http://ccm.net/download/download-105-malwarebytes-anti-malware

Give a full scan

Running now, has found at l infected object so far. Will update when done.
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FIXED!

Thank you so much for all your help sundar7701. The Malware search found 4 items. Removed them, and now all is well!
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Anonymous User
Oct 6, 2011 at 09:42 PM
Happy that issue has been fixed.Thanks for our feedback
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