Pretty serious problem with opening programs

[kirret]

Hi.
Something I havent seen before. Problem is with most (but not all) program shortcuts in Windows XP Home. When I double click on a shortcut, I get error message "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." But the funny part is, when I right-click on the same shortcut and choose Run as... and untick "Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity" then I can run this program. Also it is impossible to open any links under Control Panel etc. and I cant install AVG antivirus, because I get another error message:" Windows cannot open this file:........, What do you want to do. And then there are 2 options, webservice or select the program from list."
When I tried to re-associate some programs, I couldnt find appropriate program for Windows Backup Utility (ddnt try with other things).
So can it be a virus, that has deleted some windows components? And if Yes, is there a solutions to restore there Windows components? Windows restore point doesn't help BTW

Cheers,

Kirret

 

[spazz31585]

to be honest, it sounds kind of like that new worm that came out
i think it goes by the name 'kama sutra' and 'blackworm' and 'mywife' from what i've heard of it

from what i understand of it, most major AV softwares have made updates to protect against it

 

[kirret]

Actually it is not my PC and the owner of it said he has had tis problem a couple of weeks now, it just got wors now.

 

[kirret]

Hi again.

I managed to scan whole PC now with Kaspersky AV but it didn't find anything. It seems I have to wipe everything off and then re-install.

Cheers