Re: Double Clicking .reg, .vbs, and .scr files opens notepad

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David H. Lipman Wrote:
> From: "Calebrot" Calebrot.1zzr6a@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> | Whenever I double click either a .reg, a .vbs, or a .scr the file
> opens
> | in notepad.
> |
> | When I double click a .reg file, instead of prompting me to make sure
> Iwant to merge, I
> | get a MS Antispyware warning, and then the file opensin notepad, I
> want it back to merging
> | and giving me the prompt toverify that I indeed want a merge.
> |
> | When I double-click a .vbs file, I get the MS Spyware warning that
> ascript is about to be
> | run, but then it opens in notepad. I want it tojust run.
> |
> | When I double-click a .scr file, instead of running the screen
> saver,it opens the screen
> | saver file in notepad.
> |
> | I am sure there probably are other file extensions that are
> affectedbut these are three
> | that I have found. I believe the problem may havecome from when I was
> using a trial
> | version of System Mechanic and ittold me that it identified a few
> security issues and went
> | about tocorrecting them, but it never told me what they were and
> never gave methe option
> | to undo them. They never appeared in the undo lists. I havesince
> removed System Mechanic
> | from my computer because of the problemswith undo.
> |
> | Can anyone help me get .reg back to merge on default with warning,
> .vbsto run the script,
> | and .scr to run the screen saver?-- Calebrot
>
> I think you have been screwed and got more than you bargained for by
> System Mechanic and you
> should remove it ASAP and perform all of the following.
>
> For non-viral malware...
>
> Please download, install and update the following software...
>
> * Ad-aware SE v1.06
> http://www.lavasoft.de/
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>
> * SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
> http://security.kolla.de/
>
> After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe
> Mode.
>
> I also suggest downloading, installing and updating BHODemon for any
> Browser Helper Objects
> that may be on the PC.
>
> * BHODemon
> http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
>
> For viral malware...
>
> * Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS
> }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE
> to go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in
> C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed
> in Normal Mode.
> This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web
> site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and
> Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed
> files or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have
> downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into
> Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you
> want to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal
> Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more
> comprehensive PDF help
> file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
>
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Thanks for your suggestions, the problem was fixed with the solution
provided in the previous message, but I am going to follow your advice
also to just make sure. Can never be too safe when it comes to valuable
data.


--
Calebrot
.

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