On 2006-10-12 genome wrote:
> I am infected with a virus or a trojan that will not allow me to
> execute and install any antivirus software or even install any windows
> updates offline or online... It simply deletes certain exe files when
> extracted to the hard disk.. and the software installation gives an
> error saying it cannot find the file...

Once your computer is infected it's too late to install AV software or
updates. Read [1] to learn why that is.

Backup your data, reinstall the box (or restore the latest known-good
image in case you have something like that), check the backed-up data
for infections and restore the files that are not infected.

[...]
> anyone knows what virus or trojan that acts like this..can anyone
> please inform me of its name so I may come to the right way of
> tracking a solution..

Sorry, but you provide way too little information to even guess what
virus could have hit you.

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

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