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FixBlast did nothing, How fix rundll32?

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by hugo phurst

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Got the blaster worm opening phony Microsoft email with fake service. Was half asleep, Norton AntiVirus quarentined after 4 tries. Cant run anything under Win/XP, can't find Rundll32.exe. Can't try to fix - can't find Helpctr.exe. System came bundled with XP on partitioned drive and no CDs included (Sytemax - AsSeenOnTV.com). Restoring to an earlier woking vesion did not work. How to I fix the damage results of this virus so I do not lose anything? Please help and expedite, I NEED my system to live!

Thank you in advance,
Corey

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by oz_media

In order to run FixBlast on an XP system, you MUST disable System restore BEFORE apllying the patch and running the fix.

What makes you say it didn't work?

by hugo phurst

Thanks, that did the trick. I neglected to rename the fix file to .com from .exe even though I have XP Home. What is the significance of this requirement and why did it work? Anyway, thanks, you saved me great trepidation.

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