What is going on wit adobe reader !!??

Hello ,
I just installed adobe reader , as some software i am installing needed it ,
It seemed to change all my desktop icons to adobe pdf images and nothing worked .
Did i miss something in the setup ??
windows 7 :confused

 

What website did you download Adobe Reader from? Do you have antivirus software installed on your computer? If you do, then do a thorough (deep) scan now. If you do not have antivirus software installed then go to the following site to do an online scan of your system:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=149856

Post your findings here.

 

i have microsoft security essentials and downloaded it from this site here
:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/adobe_reader.html

 

Are Start Menu items also affected? Does Adobe Reader launch when you click on the desktop icons?

 

Did you do a full scan of your system using MSE? Do that if you haven't already done it. Remember to update your viral definitions prior to scanning. After that, even if the MSE scan is negative for infection, I'd like you to do the online scan that I mentioned in my previous post.

 

I'm 100% with ploder. Get rid of Adobe Reader and use Sumatra. BTW, which new programs did you install (the apps that told you to install Adobe Reader?

 

i uninstalled adobe reader and everything seemed to go back to normal , mse found : Trojan;JS/Redirector.NC
The software i am installing is an audi service manual ..

 

Glad to hear that things are back to normal for you. Did MSE delete the infected file?

 

There's also VirusTotal service which allows upload of files up to 64 MB file size, with a total of 49 antiviral software engines.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/

 

Hi , yes mse removed the trojan , The manual is on a cd i think the trojan came with the adobe download ,,
I thought it would be safe as i downloaded the adobe reader from this site ??

 

I have no idea where the infection came from, and either do you. That's why it's important to make sure that your system is clean. Do another full scan with MSE.

 

Foxit Reader is another option.

 

Hi again ,
The cd manual needs adobe reader to work ,(i have emailed who the cd came from)
I have run esset scanner in safe mode with networking which found 13 infections also i found this about the same problem :


http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/running-programs-reader-or-acrobat.html

this made no difference , as soon as i install adobe reader it changes all programmes etc to pdf icon , see screenshot ..



The manual on the cd have not even gone into the pc since running esset ..

 

See if following the instructions at adobe help resolve your icon issues - http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html

Could you clarify what you mean by this?

 

Ok will try this ,
Sorry , i meant in an earlier post someone said that a virus could have come with the software i am trying to install ,
All i have done since running esset was to try and install adobe reader and not the software ..

 

Ok when i try to merge the file i get . : Cannot import C:\users\MARK\Desktop\Winfix7.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry . some keys are open by the system or other processes .

 

Thanks and understood
Let me know how things go with the instructions I linked to.
If you have a log of what Eset detected, could you attach it to a subsequent post?

 

Try booting into safe mode and merging the registry file.

 

Yay sorted ,, i did the Solution 2: Force a refresh of the icon cache. and Solution 3: Purge and rebuild the IconCache.db file.

no adobe reader installed without changing my icons ,,

Thanks for your help ..

 

I'm glad it's all sorted.

 

Sorry I haven't been here to give you any advice on your problem.

If anyone else ever encounters this problem, here are some suggestions how to fix it: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html