Why did my .exe icons now have .lnk?

[michaelbr1]

Can anyone help me track down the cause and fix for my icons all showing .lnk instead of .exe? I'm running Windows XP and I think it has something to do with Ad-aware which I am also running. I can get on the web with IE, but nothing else seems to work properly.

Thanks

 

[CorruptedLogic]

Try this..

http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12

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[bcastner]

This is usually the result of a virus.

MS-MVP has a small utility to repair the file association and the underlying Shell entries:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm

See also:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310585

Please then do two things:
[li] Run Panda ActiveScan:

http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm

[/li]
[li] Download, install, update, scan and fix with Ewido/AVG antispyware trial:

http://www.ewido.net/en/

[/li]


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