[CTS] Re: Nuisance...
- From: "Michael" <muirhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:41:40 -0700
I was right to focus on "\windows\system32\system2.exe".
I renamed regedit.exe to regedit.com, which let me run it to check my
startup registrations, and it was in there.
Got me a copy of the Startup Programs Tracker at
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/ ... it also showed that program in my
startup.
I renamed the offender temporarily and rebooted... suddenly, taskman and
msconfig worked... so I turned it off in the startup and rebooted one more
time, and its registry entry has disappeared.
((U))
M
John Durham wrote:
> Could be another blaster variant.
>
> Michael wrote:
>
>> Somehow or other, something's got hold of my puter today... and
>> whatever it is, Norton, SpyBot and AdAware (all updated daily) don't
>> see it.
>>
>> "system2.exe" tried to act as a server (firewall prevented that) and
>> now I can't get Taskman or Regedit to stay on the screen for more
>> than 2 seconds, and they often don't appear at all when I try to run
>> them...
>>
>> Anyone seen this before? Any suggestions?
>>
>> ((U))
>> M
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