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DOS commands wont work

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mad_max
mad_max Original post #1
Aug 26, 2008 at 6:17 PM
i only found this out recently but every command i type into the command prompt gives me an error says ":command: is not a recognised internal/external dos command" more or less thats what it tells me.Some examples are ping,flushdns,ipconfig,tasklist and i'm pretty sure even the basic commands are not working either.
Is my pc infected by some trojen(av is kis7 which is fully updated) thanx in advance for every bit of help guys:)
Garbage
Garbage #2
Aug 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM
i only found this out recently but every command i type into the command prompt gives me an error says ":command: is not a recognised internal/external dos command" more or less thats what it tells me.Some examples are ping,flushdns,ipconfig,tasklist and i'm pretty sure even the basic commands are not working either.
Is my pc infected by some trojen(av is kis7 which is fully updated) thanx in advance for every bit of help guys:)
It seems that u have messed up with ur PATH variable.. Try to correct that...

N also we can't deny possibility of Trojan / Viruses !
mad_max
mad_max #3
Aug 26, 2008 at 8:04 PM
ah k thanx:) i'l look into that as soon as i get this damned power lol...but i never touched those environment variables hmmm!!! :makes him self a cup of coffee and fires up google:D:

ok it worked yeiiii:D there were some other garage in the path variable,deleted them and now its working
thanx man:) :beer:

left over garbage to be more precise;)
V
VexByte #4
Aug 28, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Maybe cmd.exe is corrupted.
mad_max
mad_max #5
Aug 28, 2008 at 3:49 PM
thats what i thought at first,but the problem was with the path variable:)
mad_max
mad_max #7
Aug 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM
lol a Dr.watson line there:D:p