My WinXP SP2 machine has a service that was installed by a spyware
program that I cannot stop or remove with Administrative Tools |
Services. When I try, I get an error that the service information/entry
etc. cannot be found in the registry. The service is shows up in Adnin
Tools | Services as started with no other info.

Is there a way to stop and remove this service manually?

Thanks for any help.

Hi Carl,

You need to give us more details about the service. specifically its name.
You can create a system restore point and the search the registry with the
service name and remove it from there. you can also download and run a
spyware scan, for ex ad aware or spybot.

Yusha

"Carl" wrote:

> My WinXP SP2 machine has a service that was installed by a spyware
> program that I cannot stop or remove with Administrative Tools |
> Services. When I try, I get an error that the service information/entry
> etc. cannot be found in the registry. The service is shows up in Adnin
> Tools | Services as started with no other info.
>
> Is there a way to stop and remove this service manually?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

"Carl" wrote:

> My WinXP SP2 machine has a service that was installed by a spyware
> program that I cannot stop or remove with Administrative Tools |
> Services. When I try, I get an error that the service information/entry
> etc. cannot be found in the registry. The service is shows up in Adnin
> Tools | Services as started with no other info.
>
> Is there a way to stop and remove this service manually?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

Maybe? But it would really help beyond belief if you would bother to post
just what this service is!!! and the name of the .exe file :-)

My car is making a klank,klank sound can you fix it?

If it's a malware then you must scan your system with latest versions of:-
spybot search and destroy:-
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

CWShredder:-
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Adaware:-
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Run the above tools in safe mode.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Carl wrote:

> My WinXP SP2 machine has a service that was installed by a spyware
> program that I cannot stop or remove with Administrative Tools |
> Services. When I try, I get an error that the service information/entry
> etc. cannot be found in the registry. The service is shows up in Adnin
> Tools | Services as started with no other info.
>
> Is there a way to stop and remove this service manually?
>
> Thanks for any help.

where in the registry are the list of services stored?
a while back I installed O&O defrag and have uninstalled it.
the service listing remains there and I have disabled it.
I had to hunt and peck the registry and all hidden files to remove all
traces of it and I think I got it all but it still remains listed in
the services.

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:53:13 -0700, Carl <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>My WinXP SP2 machine has a service that was installed by a spyware
>program that I cannot stop or remove with Administrative Tools |
>Services. When I try, I get an error that the service information/entry
>etc. cannot be found in the registry. The service is shows up in Adnin
>Tools | Services as started with no other info.
>
>Is there a way to stop and remove this service manually?
>
>Thanks for any help.