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XP Home Security 2013 and Registry issue

Say, I think Ive found a bogus removal link:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-xp-security-2013

Associated XP Security 2013 Windows Registry Information:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe "(Default)" = ''
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "%LocalAppData%\.exe" -a "%1" %*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ "(Default)" = 'Application'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\\DefaultIcon "(Default)" = '%1'

How can I recover from this!

Any program I try run has nothing ascociated with it. Can't even run regedit or do System restore

OS is XP

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John

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John

Can one edit the registry from a remote PC? or put drive in another PC and edit registry this way?

I haven't seen that. The registry is a very live file.

What you might be able to do is boot from a bootable CD and scan the problem drive.

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Shaun Wingrin

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Please reveiw my quesiotn. There must be a simpler solution!

John

I did review your question. On line advertising links ("Let me fix your PC") usually completely screw up the user's computer.

If scanning the drive offline cannot repair it, then the operating system may be completely corrupted.

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Shaun Wingrin

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pls send link to: Run online Malwarebytes

Darr247

Did you try following the steps in that article?

Shaun Wingrin

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Solved by Getting into CMD shell and launching programes from there and download malwarebytes