HELP!!!! My computer isn't working!!!

[Ringadon]

ok... so...

I got the Windows Home Security 2012 virus... and that's been dealt with

but............. Now my computer doesn't remember how to open .exe files

and any time I try to get into anything in the control panel it can't find rundll32.exe which is funny because I'm looking at it right now exactly where it's always been.

 

I've skulked around the internets a bit and found a couple of suggested remedies, one being to execute an xp os repair using my cd (which I do still have)

 

the other is registry editing by putting this

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
   @="\"%1\" %*"

 

into a notepad and saving it as a .reg

would that work?

 

Any other grand ideas from the community at large?

 

EDIT: Problem Solved???

It's working now but we'll see in the near future

Edited June 17, 2011 by Flitterkill

[Flitterkill]

Man, IPB doesn't want anything to do with that code snipet (in code tags or otherwise) - glad you have this tackled

[ZeroDamage]

I would not trust it. If it were me, I would seriously do a format/reinstall or recovery from backup if you have one.

[Preacher]

yeah same here, seems like it might be a stability issue later and that would scare me.

[onyxdragoon]

Try safe mode with networking and run a full scan of Malwarebytes or restore it to a day without the problem.

You could post a log of highjackthis, but I have only small knowledge of reading them but someone else here could read it.

[Madvillain]

If you haven't already wiped/restored (which would probably be best) you can find some programs out there that will work with the Regedit tool in windows to fix your association errors, but you may have other corruptions that it wont fix.