The thread indicates that the error was apparently fixed when it was brought to SAS's attention.
Interestingly on W7 HP 32-bit with the Pro version no such problem is identified. Just updated and scanned.
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "emailshere" <emailshere@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I saw that thread, but those posts are well over a year old. You'd
> think SuperAntiSpyware would have written a patch for this problem and
> included it with the various updates. My copy (free version) was up to date
> when I ran it two days ago. I've updated it again and will re-run it today
> to see if it persists in warning me about the broken file association.
>
> SB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Ron
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:31 PM
> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] SuperAnitSpyware reports HKCR broken file
> association
>
>
> Have you seen this forum posting about a similar issue:
> http://forums.superantispyware.com/index.php?/topic/3741-systembrokenfileass
> ociation/
>
> It appears to be a problem with SuperAntiSpyware, not actually a problem
> with your computer. I don't use Windows, so I don't know if this is
> accurate information.
>
> --David
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:02 PM, emailshere <emailshere@...>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Last Friday, my internet experience became unstable (sites would not
> > load in either Chrome or MSIE7; entering a good URL resulted in the
> > URL's being altered with spaces or odd characters added). This looked
> > like a browser hijacking, but after running SuperAntiSpyware in Safe
> > Mode and deleting the only serious threat it found, upon restart,
> > Windows could not load a couple Start-up programs ("Windows cannot
> > find this program; please select from a list or search online..." or
> > words to that effect), I could no longer open programs using my
> > desktop shortcuts, and I could not get online. Most of my quick-start
> > icons had changed to generic file icons. I tried to do a System
> > Restore, but Windows could not find that program either. If I'd had
> > more patience and a second computer, I may have been able to resolve
> > these problems on my own, but.......
> >
> > The threat SuperAntiSpyware found and removed was named "HKCR broken
> > file association" (HKEY_Classes_Root contains file name extension
> > associations...and is primarily intended for compatibility with the
> > registry in 16-bit Windows). Removing that "threat" didn't fix the
> > instability; it made it worse. You can find posts online where people
> > complain about this situation. Apparently, SuperAntiSpyware reports
> > this Critical Threat, but when people remove it, their file
> > associations go missing. There are "fixes" suggested for this
> > apparently false-positive result, but I don't trust the sources of the
> > "fixes," so I haven't run any of them. I hired a roving tech who ran a
> > program that re-associated the files with their programs, but he ended
> > up simply doing a System Restore, because everything else he tried
> > didn't totally fix the problem. I re-ran SuperAntiSpyware which found
> > the so-called threat again, but I have NOT removed it, and my computer
> > is working just fine.
> >
> > I also ran a new, updated copy of MalwareBytes which found no problems
> > on c, but it did find Trojan.AVKiller on my backup drive. Avast found
> > no threats on any drives.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this HKCR broken file association that
> > SuperAntiSpyware reports as a Critical Threat?
> >
> > By the way, I posted about this same issue a month ago ("Does
> > antimalware program fix or delete a key?"). One reply said: "It will
> > not fix the broken association it will delete it. From what your
> > wrote(HKCR\.exe), there is nothing to be concerned about because there
> > is no file associated with that ".exe"."
> >
> > SB
> > WinXP,SP3
> >
>
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