Re: can't open anything but IE in XP
From: madmax (maxpro4u_at_nomail.afraid.org)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:46:19 GMT
sCOTT wrote:
> I got a virus, norton identified as GAOBOT, I downloaded
> the fix tool, which did not find the virus. Two days
> later I can't open anything other than IE. No matter what
> I try, adobe reader trys to open the program or
> application. Of course, since they are not in pdf format
> it will not open them.
> I went to antivirus.com and found varients of the trojan
> worm and deleted the files, but still have same problem.
> Can anyone give me any ideas before I have to lose all of
> my data by reformatting and reloading XP?
> By the way, I tried to install sp2 and it got about
> halfway through before it stopped and uninstalled itself.
Sounds to me the associations are messed up.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~laar2002/tweak/file-association-fixes.html
-max
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