cannot run exe apps

[Leon]

Hi

I have a virus which messed up my file associations. I cannot run any .exe
applications.
I have tried renaming regedit.exe to regedit.com but I cannot run .com
either .

Any suggestions


Thanks

 

[Leon]

I cannot run .reg files either . An error message saying cannot locate
GDC.exe .

 

[John John]

Try here:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm

There is a link there to download fixreg.com from Grisoft.com if
needed. You might have to start the pc in Safe Mode to do the work.

John

 

[Leon]

I looked in the file association for com files and when I clicked on file
extention , advanced, open , edit it says
c:\windows\system32\uninstallset.pif""%1" %* .
The uninstallset.pif is not longer on my PC

 

[Leon]

I cannot run .com files either

Try here:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm

There is a link there to download fixreg.com from Grisoft.com if needed.
You might have to start the pc in Safe Mode to do the work.

John

 

[John John]

Sounds like your machine is pretty messed up. Command.Com doesn't run?
You might need to change the registry entries from a remote/network
machine or from a parallel installation. You can also slave the disk in
another Windows 2000/XP machine to do the work but without knowing what
this virus is you should be careful that the host machine doesn't get
infected as well.

John

 

[Leon]

How do I open a registry from a slave hard drive ?

thanks for your help

 

[Leon]

Hi All

I am ecstatic. After spending the entire day trying to fix this problem Alan
Edwards from the XP general newsgroup saved my day in a second. Thanks for
your help though
This Swen fix corrected my problem

http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/Fixswen.inf

 

[Dan Seur]

We'll be ecstatic too, once you ensure us you've installed a good
antivirus package, a decent firewall, and so on. ;-)

Hi All

I am ecstatic. After spending the entire day trying to fix this problem Alan
Edwards from the XP general newsgroup saved my day in a second. Thanks for
your help though
This Swen fix corrected my problem

http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/Fixswen.inf





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avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0617-2, 04/26/2006
Tested on: 4/26/2006 4:02:52 PM
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avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
Virus Database (VPS): 0617-2, 04/26/2006
Tested on: 4/26/2006 4:06:43 PM
avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software.
http://www.avast.com

 

[John John]

Glad to see you got it fixed. Thanks for the follow up.

John