Please help! Programs won't open after running Spybot, still hijacked

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by apex, Oct 18, 2004.

  1. apex

    apex Private E-2

    My homepage is still hijacked by bestsearch. Also programs such as IE and word etc will not open. Ran Spybot and fixed all but nothing wants to open now. Can't even open Spybot or hijack this. Keeps saying "File does not have program assoc. with action. Create an assoc in Folder options."

    Please help!!!!
     
  2. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    what is your OS?
     
  3. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Win Xp

    Xp works ok. the old IE and desktop programs will not open.
     
  4. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

  5. apex

    apex Private E-2

    error message for "assoc.txt=txtfile"
    says cannot find when it is run. Thank you in advance BTW Kodo
     
  6. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    that's not going to work..lol..
    you have to type it in

    for instance. for brief case files you do
    assoc.bfc=Briefcase

    for exe's
    assoc.exe=exefile

    etc.. that txt file is just a list of commands for associations.

    You can try the batch file if you want
    http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_fileassoc.zip

    but make sure zip works.
     
  7. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Kodo, I'm sorry I'm not that good on the comp. Your going to half to spell it out as though your talking to a kid (BTW I'm not). LOL, thanks for your patience.
     
  8. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Example: If I want to create an assoc for Word or IE what do I do? Thanks.
     
  9. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    Try this first
    choose a word document

    right click on the file and choose open with from the menu. Select MS Word from the list. That should restore the assoc to the doc extension. Let me know if that works.
     
  10. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Kodo:

    All my word docs have been converted to wordpad docs. It will not save them to word though. It allows me to open the file in word. It goes through the motions but does not save them. They still pop up as word pad docs. Word program still will not open on desktop. I tried to do a restore with spybot but it will not execute.
     
  11. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    Only follow this is you have OfficeXP

    go to start.. run. type in NOTEPAD ..hit enter

    now paste the following into the file

    now save the file as WORDASSC.REG and make sure you remember where you saved it. Find the file and double click on it. Say yes to everything. now try opening word.
     
  12. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Kodo:

    No good; after I type in notepad it thinks for 10 seconds then nothing.
     
  13. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    it would appear that reg is perhaps not associated too.. great..

    don't have time to finish up. gotta eat and then head out to a meeting.
     
  14. apex

    apex Private E-2

    Kodo:

    I think, think, this is the file I used.

    It wont upload. The file was WinXP_EXE_Fix.reg

    Sound right?
     
  15. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    sounds right.. found a location for it and it looks like the one.
     

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