Trojan damages

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My computer was recently infected by trojans. It took sometime for me to
detect it because I was using avast at first. I switched to Kaspersky and
that did the trick. After the cleaning process, I can no longer open my hard
drives from My Computer the normal way (i.e. double clicking). When I double
click on their icons, an "Open With" dialog box appears.

I decided to repair my copy of winXP by reinstalling it (choosing the
Upgrade option). Everything went fine, only my IE (previously ver 7) rolled
back to ver 6 and WMP (previously version 11) rolled back to ver 9. I re
installed IE7 and WMP11.

Problems:
The IE7 icon does not show up in the start menu (I usually load IE from the
start menu). Everything works fine with IE 7 though...or so it seems...what
do i do?

My hard drives still do not behave normally. I'm planning to use a registry
cleaner soon. What do I do? Are registry cleaners advisable in my case?
 
RE: Trojan damages

Chad,
None of the regulars in this NG recommend the use of registry cleaners.
We sincerely discourage their use because they cause more problems than fixes.
If I were you I would go for a fresh install.
Backup your important data and go for it.
Carlos

"Chad" wrote:

> My computer was recently infected by trojans. It took sometime for me to
> detect it because I was using avast at first. I switched to Kaspersky and
> that did the trick. After the cleaning process, I can no longer open my hard
> drives from My Computer the normal way (i.e. double clicking). When I double
> click on their icons, an "Open With" dialog box appears.
>
> I decided to repair my copy of winXP by reinstalling it (choosing the
> Upgrade option). Everything went fine, only my IE (previously ver 7) rolled
> back to ver 6 and WMP (previously version 11) rolled back to ver 9. I re
> installed IE7 and WMP11.
>
> Problems:
> The IE7 icon does not show up in the start menu (I usually load IE from the
> start menu). Everything works fine with IE 7 though...or so it seems...what
> do i do?
>
> My hard drives still do not behave normally. I'm planning to use a registry
> cleaner soon. What do I do? Are registry cleaners advisable in my case?
 
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