Re:Pfft
by Applekid (993327)

and all programs using the "exe" suffix.

so.... how did windows boot?

IIRC, the virus modified the registry entries which tell Windows how to handle .exe files. Booting up is fine. Once the system's up, every time explorer tries to launch an .exe, Windows wound up checking the registry for what it should do with the file. The registry modification removed the "magic" that told it that it's an executable.

I remember at work someone convincing me it was a good idea to copy the .exe registry class into another one, say, .myinitials, so if the .exe registry settings got clobbered I could always rename regedit.exe to regedit.myinitials and fix it.

Re:Pfft
by dcollins (135727)

Dammit. Screwed again.
- Eugene Xavier Edwards