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  1. Microsoft Patches LNK Shortcut Abuse CVE-2025-9491: UI Now Reveals Hidden Commands

    Microsoft has quietly closed a years‑old hole in Windows shortcut handling that security researchers say was being steadily abused by nation‑state espionage groups and cybercriminals to hide malicious commands in plain sight. The issue, tracked as CVE‑2025‑9491 (also published earlier as...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. XDigo Malware and LNK Vulnerability Exploitation: A New Era of Cyber Espionage in Eastern Europe

    A new chapter in the ongoing saga of cyber espionage has emerged, this time taking the form of sophisticated attacks against government agencies and high-value organizations in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. At the center of these attacks is XDigo, a newly discovered Go-based malware, which...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 7 Why does all my files and folders show as LNK file? (Virus?!)

    Yesterday night I was in my friends house and he seriously needed help. Hope you genius people help him. All his folders, file and shortcuts show as LNK file in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I tried scanning his PC with avast!, MalwareBytes, Hitman Pro 3.5 and SAS, but the result was the same...
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  4. Windows 7 Problem with opening shortcuts

    I have a lg netbook with Windows 7 starter. I don't know how, but somehow it happened that the software that opens Lnk files (meet shortcuts) by default is internet explorer. I know it is strange, that there should be any software That opens files of shortcuts ... But I like that this computer...
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    • computer help default programs file association internet explorer lnk files netbook shortcuts software issues windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Start Menu All Programs items disappeared once again

    There are many posts on the Internet about Start Menu Programs disappearing. However, none of those cases seemed to be exactly like what I'm experiencing. This has happened to me many times. I'm not sure what I did: the problem might've occured just after uninstalling some small video...
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    • bug corruption desktop disappearing file management files hidden files lnk files lost and found programs recovery registry start menu system issues troubleshooting undelete uninstall windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 .lnk files no longer work

    After making no changes that I can recall, one day when I booted my windows 7 professional pc, and all of my .lnk files do not work. The .lnk files on the start menu and desktop do not respond in any way when clicked. Items pinned to the task bar respond as "can't open this item. It might have...
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    • desktop error fixes lnk files registry shortcuts software taskbar troubleshooting windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support