Whenever i go to double click on gta 4 (icon on desktop) it always says scanning for steam updates, then once its done, it does nothing. After that i double clicked on tje gta 4 icon again and it just did the little loading circle that windows does before it opens a program. It does the same for steam. Neither will open. Ive tried running both as administrator but it doesnt help. But whenever i did double click on gta 4 to run as admin, it opened but stayed at a black screen. I do have els v6, lcpdfr .95rc2 and a couple car mods. Please help! It was all working fine yesterday and lastnight!

Did a system restore. Think i got a virus from a program. Either spark iv, or vdh policehelper. Im not sure but it screwed my internet up too.

You did not get a virus from SparkIV or VDH PoliceHelper. 

Well. I'm not sure what it was, but it was a virus. When i ran a scan with norton it said that the lcpdfr diagnostics tool was a virus. And it removed it. I know anti virus' are sketchy with these mods.

The only virus you have is Norton. Norton is complete crap.

What virus software would you recommend then?

I wouldn't recommend any virus software lol. I  recommend you using the anti-virus software called Avast. Works for me :) 

thanks for the tip man!

No problem :) Glad I could help :) 

No problem :) Glad I could help :) 

I laughed after reading this. You helped him with an anti-virus program but not his problem. :P

 

Try removing your mods, treyjames, or get a fresh copy and tell me if it works. If you haven't restarted your computer in the last few days, you should do that too.

I did a a whole re-install but it messed up graphics so gta wasnt picking up my gtx 860m 2gig card. Thats another problem though lol. But ill let you know if the re-install (for like the 5 th time) works or not. I need all the help i can get lol