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Cant load any programs after removing Internet Security 2011

I have a laptop that had a Internet Security 2011 Virus in it. I removed the viruses with Malwarebytes and Super AntiSpyware. The problem is that when I load the computer back into windows, it can't open any program at all. When I try to open a problem like Internet Explorer, It tells me what program should I open it with. This is with all the programs in my computer, even Windows System Restore. I tried running in Safe Mode because I heard that you can still run some programs in Safe Mode, but I can't. I am not sure how to repair this kind of problem.

Computer is a Lenovo Laptop and running windows XP Home

Houssam Ballout

fix exe association:

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

http://filext.com/faq/broken_exe_association.php

michael626

agree if your system is windows 7 or vista use this file instead

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

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Steve Smith

Overlay or parallel install will fix

younghv

The information posted here (http:#a35418869) is the exact, proven solution to this problem.

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All,

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