Could registry infected

[ncgal22]

My Firefox browser on my laptop ( XP) started acting funny yesterday, freezing up & not opening. Today same thing & also happening with IE. Neither are responding. Outlook also was hanging. I am scared that there is something malicious going on.

Running a full scan since last night, it running over 14 hours now. Showing no infections so far. Yesterday scan was OK. Did notice a quarantine on the July 6th. Some virus in the registry key.

Could it have done damage?

What to do? Thanks!

[IDKWatMNShouldBe]

My Firefox browser on my laptop ( XP) started acting funny yesterday, freezing up & not opening. Today same thing & also happening with IE. Neither are responding. Outlook also was hanging. I am scared that there is something malicious going on.

Running a full scan since last night, it running over 14 hours now. Showing no infections so far. Yesterday scan was OK. Did notice a quarantine on the July 6th. Some virus in the registry key.

Could it have done damage?

What to do? Thanks!

Wow! 14 hours!?!? I'm not actually sure what to say... but could you add a little more detail?

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