After installing Norton AV s'ware, and latest def. files, I now can't execute or launch any 'programs'. I get 'ueko.exe missing - Program needed to open files of type 'application' is missing! Never heard of this.. can't find any reference to ueko.exe anywhere... Reboot does launch windows, but for each and every program that is supposed to start, I get this error. I also can't execute any program.. including windows explorer, or any other program.. HELP!! This is a windows 98 system..

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Those are symptoms of a virus although I don't understand how installing Norton AV would have initiated it. So I assume you can't run the Norton AV. You might want to hunt around Norton's AV Center.

One way some of these things work is to modify the exefile key in the registry which prevents .exe files from running. If you want to try modifying the key you can rename the registry editor, regedit.exe, to regedit.com and it will run as a .com file. Then go to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

Bob Sturtevant  http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/
Please let us know what works.

On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 5:23, Mike wrote:

After installing Norton AV s'ware, and latest def. files, I now
can't execute or  launch any 'programs'. I get 'ueko.exe
missing - Program needed to open files of  type 'application'
is missing! Never heard of this.. can't find any reference to
ueko.exe anywhere... Reboot does  launch windows, but for each
and every program that is supposed to start, I get this  error.
I also can't execute any program.. including windows explorer,
or any other  program.. HELP!! This is a windows 98 system.

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Hi, Bob Sturtevant, I've tried your solution and it worked at first instance. Thanks a lot man. Parimal.


On Friday, June 8, 2001 at 7:21 am, Bobstur wrote:
>Those are symptoms of a virus although I don't understand how installing Norton AV
>would have initiated it. So I assume you can't run the Norton AV. You might want
>to hunt around Norton's AV Center.
>

One way some of these things work is to modify the exefile key in the registry
>which prevents .exe files from running. If you want to try modifying the key you
>can rename the registry editor, regedit.exe, to regedit.com and it will run as a
>.com file. Then go to the following key:

>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

Bob Sturtevant 
> http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/
>

>Please let us know what works.

>
>

On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 5:23, Mike wrote:
>

>After installing Norton AV s'ware, and latest def. files, I now
>can't execute or  launch any 'programs'. I get 'ueko.exe
>missing - Program needed to open files of  type 'application'
>is missing! Never heard of this.. can't find any reference to
>ueko.exe anywhere... Reboot does  launch windows, but for each
>and every program that is supposed to start, I get this  error.
>I also can't execute any program.. including windows explorer,
>or any other  program.. HELP!! This is a windows 98 system.
>

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hi folks. i've faced the similer problem after installing norton av. but the file name was differnt. xvmcxdirm.exe either it was some virus that did that (which must've been on norton's installer cd) or the cause can be that i didn't restart my pc right after the installation of NAV. the problem was that some how the default open command was changed and instead of exe files being opened by windows shell. they were supposed to open by the junk exe file which didn't exist. as this isn't seem to be a random happening i guess there mite be some glitch in norton's installer or something never the less, Bob's solution is pritty niffty and easy to work thanx bob :)


On Friday, January 10, 2003 at 6:12 am, Parimal wrote:
>Hi, Bob Sturtevant,
>
>I've tried your solution and it worked at first instance.
>
>Thanks a lot man.
>
>Parimal.
>
>

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There was NOT a virus on the Norton install CD. 
The virus (or trojan) was installed on YOUR PC.

When you ran NAV it detected and removed/quarantined the virus/trojan/worm BUT did 
not correct the registry entry where it had placed a reference to it's exe file. 
Thus, after the run you could no longer run anything.

BTW the file names are different because there are many virus/worm/trojans that just 
generate a random file name. 

If you ever see a missing file message or a reference to something that looks like 
asefkieng, odds are excellent that you either were or are infected.

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I have a similar occurrence here -- BUT... the "rename regedit.exe to regedit.com" does NOT work. When we try to run regedit.com, it is recognized as being really an .exe, and so therefore, it will not run at all. How, then, to get into the registry to change the entry for exefile???? This occurred after infection with (Norton name) worm.AUTOMAT.AHD

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I have exactly the same problem .exe and .com file will not run - was a solution 
found to getting into the registry and modifying it?

regards







On Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 11:56 am, Jon Koerner wrote:
>I have a similar occurrence here -- BUT...  the "rename regedit.exe to regedit.com" 
>does NOT work.  When we try to run regedit.com, it is recognized as being really 
>an .exe, and so therefore, it will not run at all.  
>
>How, then, to get into the registry to change the entry for exefile????   
>
>This occurred after infection with (Norton name) worm.AUTOMAT.AHD

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See the following post which contains an INF file that will resolve it.

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?postid=1222470#post1222470

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