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Cannot open any files
Name: mage_789 Date: November 26, 2004 at 08:30:14 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 2.4 Ghz / 512
Comment:
I cannot open any files whatsoever. All of the exe files cannot be opened as well as any other file. The only reason i can get to the internet is because I have a shortcut on my startup bar. I don't understand what's going on. Any help is appreciated.
Name: mage_789 Date: November 26, 2004 at 08:38:18 Pacific
Reply:
sorry, in addition, all of the files on the startup bar have a .lnk extension added on. Websites suggest that I have a Sircam virus or something.
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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf Date: November 26, 2004 at 08:54:37 Pacific
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Go to the link below and download & run the Fixswen.inf file.
"Save the fixswen.inf file to your local hard disk, right-click on the file and choose install."
"A Setup INF file to undo registry changes made by W32/Swen@MM and other threats that prevent REGEDIT, BAT, COM, EXE, PIF, REG and SCR files from running."
I'm trying to do fixswen.inf, but I cannot install the inf file. The best i can do is view it in notepad, but I am unsure how to edit my registry from this information. Any help on editing my registry would be greatly appreciated.
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Response Number 5
Name: Chuck 2 Date: November 26, 2004 at 09:18:17 Pacific
Print the article for future reference, and all other links within.
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Response Number 7
Name: mage_789 Date: November 26, 2004 at 10:49:23 Pacific
Reply:
Kelly's fix worked! It didnt work in normal mode, so I switched to safe mode with command prompt and typed in "regedit -s "C:\path of the file\linkrestore.reg" and it worked :-). Thank you Chuck 2 and Tufenuf for your help.
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Response Number 8
Name: Tufenuf Date: November 26, 2004 at 11:13:17 Pacific
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Glad to see that the problem has been corrected and Thanks for posting back to let us know.
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