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Question

Attacked, AVG cleared it, now nothing will open

May 16, 2011 10:07AM PDT

Running Toshiba satellite pro A100, microsoft xp sp3, avg 2011 free antivirus.

I had a serious warning on avg that a file needed quarentining, so in a panic (stupid i know) i clicked move to vault, told me to restart after completing which i did. when laptop restarted all i get on task bar is battery n wireless connection icon, everything else has dissapeared. when i try n use any of the .exe progs (e.g Windows Media Player, AVG 2011) on desktop i just get a box asking me to choose what program i want to use to open that file.

i tried to get into add &remove programs, to try n delete AVG2011, wont give me access n keeps saying :

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
Application not found

iv found 1 post on here already with same problem:
http://forums.cnet.com/malware-attack-avg-deleted-it/7723-6121_102-523458.html
when i tried to do first thing it says Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site

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From another computer
May 16, 2011 9:18PM PDT
From another computer. Try the kellys-korner link and then download the software noted in the second post in the thread linked by your post and follow the advice from Grif Thomas. Make sure you follow his routine. When the computer in question is started in "safe-mode" also go to the AVG quarantine folder and release the files in there, then do the rest of the procedure. Once all that is done, if there is still a problem, you might try one of these, made on another computer: http://antivirus.about.com/od/freeantivirussoftware/tp/avrescuecd.htm
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AVG Quarantine Folder
Jun 3, 2011 11:01PM PDT

now iv managed to borrow a friends laptop where do i find the AVG quarantine folder

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Yep, Download Everything On A Separate, Clean Computer...
May 17, 2011 12:00AM PDT

...then transfer all the files over to the problem machine. Once they're there, restart the computer into Safe Mode and run the registry fix tool first, then follow the procedures to continue with the cleanup.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Kellys-korner
Jun 3, 2011 11:13PM PDT

on a clean computer i cant get access to the file on kellys-korner.

it says:

Internet Explorer cannot download exefix.reg from www.kellys-korner-xp.com
Internet Explorer was unable to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavaliable or cannot be found. Please try again later

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Can You Run Those Steps From Safe Mode,? Or...
Jun 5, 2011 5:01AM PDT

...from Safe Mode with Networking?

How To Start In 'Safe Mode'

Using another computer to download the removal programs, then copying them to a CD or flash drive, then moving them to the problem computer may work IF you start the computer in Safe Mode before attempting to run them all.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Safe mode with networking
Jun 5, 2011 7:13AM PDT

Iv taken everything from a clean computer except the Kelly-korner item as couldn't download it. Iv got rkill to work but malware and sas wants me to nominate a program.

I see that rkill has put a item on desktop called rk-proxy. When I click on it, it says

Are you sure u want to add the information in C:\Documents and settings\Daniel Strong\Desktop\rk-proxy.erg to the registry.
Do I click yes or no ?

Do I click yes or not

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Dont' Click On It...
Jun 5, 2011 11:03AM PDT

Just let Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware do their thing.. IN order to get all things working correctly, you'll need to download and run the .reg file from Kelly's Korner.. Do so by RIGHT clicking on line 12 in the website mentioned, choose "Save target as" or "Save Link As", then direct the download to your desktop.. And yes, you may need to perform those steps on a separate clean computer if you can't do them in "Safe Mode with Networking".

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Kellys-korner item won't download
Jun 6, 2011 3:01AM PDT

Gone on kellys-korner website, go to line 12 left side (exe (lnk and regfile) fix for windows xp), right click n click save as target.

I then get this message:
Internet Explorer cannot download exefix.reg from Kellys-korner-xp.com.
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try later.

Been getting same message for last 4 days of trying I get same message when downloading to a clean computer and when downloading to infected computer in safe mode with networking

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Then Try This Site...
Jun 6, 2011 8:31AM PDT

Click on the link below, then look to the "EXE File Association Fix", and download the .zip file to your computer desktop.. ONce there, unzip the file, then double click on the "xp_exe_fix.reg" file that is inside, choose "OK/Yes, when it asks "Are you sure?".. Restart the computer.. It should now run those problem programs and Control Panel icons.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Hope this helps.

Grif

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All sorted
Jun 10, 2011 6:35PM PDT

Why just like to say thank u for all u assistance with this problem. It's all sorted now n back running now