I killed the virus, but it left a weird prob. behind.

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by ulrichburke, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. ulrichburke

    ulrichburke Private E-2

    Dear Anyone.

    I have Windows XPSP3, 1gig RAM and a very odd problem

    I had a fake anti-malware site virus on my computer - my own fault, the site was masquerading as a Kaspersky site and I thought I was downloading a legit. trial version of Kaspersky - but I eventually won the war against it. It's completely gone. Yay!! But it DID leave an odd thing behind.

    If I double-click on my hard-drive icon in My Computer, it tries to open the whole hard drive with VLC!! The little player that plays video files for you, that one. If I uninstall VLC and try to double-click on the hard drive, it tells me the drive is corrupt and cannot be opened. Of course, I know I can left click and choose Explore, that works fine, no problems. But how do I get my double-click back and stop it using VLC to open the hard drive? In other words, where's the setting that controls what opens a hard drive?

    Yours puzzledly

    ulrichburke
     
  2. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Well, if you wish to follow our procedures then please refer to the below. I cannot be sure that you are clean until I see logs. And if our procedures do not help then you will have to hit up the software forum for advice.

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    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
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