Recently I got the 'Vista Antivirus 2010' scam come up on my computer, I didn't choose to purchase the system. I went on to a different computer from my own and downloaded Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware to a usb, installed it on my own computer and ran the full scan. Once it had finished, I got it to remove all the infections. It then said that it couldn't remove some of the infections and told me to restart my computer. I did that but when it loaded my desktop it was a completely blank screen. I did ctrl + alt + delete and restarted my compter again. This time it loaded normally but the vista antivirus 2010 warnings were still coming up so i did the malware full scan again. This time it finished saying there were no infections, but because there had been no vista antivirus warnings coming up since the second full scan, i choose to leave it.
I haven't had any of these warnings since that last scan BUT now when i go to my desktop and try to double click on at shortcuts or if i go to the start menu and choose to click on any of my programs it will come up with this message, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropiate permissions to access the item,"
This message happens to EVERYTHING. Firefox, itunes, paint, windows live messenger etc. The only way to open them is to right click the program and scroll down to 'start' instead of 'open'.
The 'start' looks quite dodgey aswell as it has no capital letter as the rest of the options do and to be honest i've never seen it before. But I may be mistaken with this, i'm not sure.
I have tried searching this topic but have only found ones where they can't open explorer and in my circumstance i cannot open anything. If there is a topic such as this one, then i am sorry for writing this topic and could you please send me in the right direction.
I also don't know if im in the right section of the forum either, this is my first time on this website.
Any help with my problem will be greatly appreciated.
