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Mayor 06:25 AM 05-02-2011
My AVG detected a malware and sent it to the vault. Now when I try to open any program or file I get the dialog box asking choose which program to use to open the file.
I was able to open IE through a different link from a Lenovo help link on my pc. I can't get Thinkvangate to run.
Any suggestions?

Thanks
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jledou 06:33 AM 05-02-2011
Simple solution would be to try a restore point from a couple of days ago.
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Mayor 06:44 AM 05-02-2011
Originally Posted by jledou:
Simple solution would be to try a restore point from a couple of days ago.
I can't open any programs. including system restore. Should I try this in safe mode?
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jledou 07:34 AM 05-02-2011
worth a shot
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mosesbotbol 08:12 AM 05-02-2011
You have a file association issue. You can browse and point to the correct application to reset the association or try to restore the PC to a pre-issue state.

If you are not sure what application opens which file extention, I may be able to help or
a quick web query will find it.

I would try to re-associate the file extentions first before going through a restore.
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Mayor 09:06 PM 05-03-2011
Thanks,
I found a link on a support fourm that restored all of the file extensions, I ran malware bytes and it seems to be back to normal.
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dunng 09:12 PM 05-03-2011
For future, this boot CD has saved me a few times recently... :-)

http://www.avira.com/en/support-down...-rescue-system
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