Jan122011

What causes the reoccurring issue with .lnk file extensions after fixing it?

Cain asks:

After running the WinHelpOnline fix for the .lnk file extension problem all was fixed and ran fine for about four hours. Now it has occurred again and I wonder what is causing the file extensions to change in the first place?



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Anonymous

January 13, 2011

Hi
Well possible a malware infection, reboot to safe mode and rescan with clamwin and malwarebytes antimalware.

try File Association Fixer
http://majorgeeks.com/File_Association_Fixer_d6366.html

Also fix taskmanager, regedit
Quick Disaster Recovery
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qdr/

RRT v6.0.0.5 (Remove Restrictions Tool)- Sergiwa Antiviral Toolkit
http://www.sergiwa.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=1

Click Start=>All Programs=>Accessories=>right-click command prompt=>select Run as Administrator=> type sfc /scannow, tap enter. This will examine and attempt to repair system files. It will take a while

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Fidelis

January 13, 2011

Follow the following procedure…it can explain it better than I can:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html

Hope that helps.

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Mike

January 13, 2011

Are you running some cleaning software on your system?
Maybe a registry cleaner in the background or so?

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Aibek

January 18, 2011

Hi Cain,

Did you manage to fix the issue. Please let us know if you need any further assistance on this.

Aibek