help problem with windows xp 3?

Question

have a dell latitude laptop and after downloading automatic update from microsoft my anti virus flagged three virus' which,being a noob, i told anti virus to remove.
now i cannot acces msn, none of my hypewrlinks to msn work,
my windows update link sends me to google search page,
microsoft update is unable to show page,
when i do get on to the microsoft update site none of there download links work,
windows installer seems to have vanished from my computer so i cant even install fix programs for windows or xp,
and when i tried to install a copy of windows installer it refused because i have service pack three and that should have a newer version already.
i have tried to uninstall msn to reinstall but i can't find it in control panel so cant uninstall and it cant complete a system restore
please help as this is the only pc i have
i am using windows 8 ,xp service pack threeand avast4.8 anti virus.
i have tried switching off the anti virus and windows firewall but makes no difference i have also now found that defrag no longer works either plaese help as the only responce i have had from microsoft is being hung up on.

Answer 1

I would first suggest going into your computer and trying a system restore to an earlier point when it was working better.



If that does not help you can reinstall or repair the Operating System, but then you have all the information to back up first and programs to reinstall afterwards,

Answer 2

Sounds to me like you have a virus that is blocking the windows update from patching the software or hole in the Operating System that it is using. You cant defrag or update the system because doing so would stop the virus from working so the virus will block any attempt to patch windows from Window Update and it will block any install of a legit Antivirus application like AVG, or Symantec.

You will most likely will need to reinstall Windows, don't do just a repair as that will not remove the whole virus. Do a clean install and that should do the trick.



Only one problem with doing that is that you will lose everything on the Hard Drive.

Answer 3

I presume you are using IE8 rather than Windows 8.

MSN Network is a Windows component - so when you are in Add/Remove Programs click on Add/Remove Windows Components on the left hand menu bar.

Try running an anti-virus scan in safe mode.



I think your main problem is that you are not connecting to the Internet for some reason which explains why you are not able to connect any of those sites.

Answer 4

This happened with me also when i used avast antivirus

what i think has happened is that while removing the virus, some of ur program files have been removed, so now try finding msn on internet

or reinstall windows thats the only things u can do now

Answer 5

Are you setting up provider %. 3 by using homestead windows computerized Updates or manually utilizing the community deployment get carry of (won't be able to remember fantastic call) obtainable from the Microsoft web site? As a house consumer you need to not be manually downloading the single from Microsoft's web site because it is meant for community directors who setting up provider packs for the time of a community of computers (e.g. an entire college) and not for homestead shoppers. you are able to turn computerized updates on and set up all the obtainable updates. at last whilst your computer is as much as this element, the computerized replace application will advise setting up SP3.