I had tried to install an Antivirus program and now Ctrl+ALT+DEL is will not
work at all. I tried to right click on the taskbar, and the Task Manager is
"grayed out" and I cannot open it. I tried to go to Start, Run, and enter
Regedit and press OK. I got an error message that says: regedit is not a
valid Win32 application. I went to my Windows folder and can see the regedit
application in there. I clicked on it, and it said another program was using
it, when I had all other programs closed. Please help.

On Jan 6, 12:03 pm, jcurtis138 <jcurtis...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I had tried to install an Antivirus program and now Ctrl+ALT+DEL is will not
> work at all. I tried to right click on the taskbar, and the Task Manager is
> "grayed out" and I cannot open it. I tried to go to Start, Run, and enter
> Regedit and press OK. I got an error message that says: regedit is not a
> valid Win32 application. I went to my Windows folder and can see the regedit
> application in there. I clicked on it, and it said another program was using
> it, when I had all other programs closed. Please help.

Virus Infection
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Run Kaspersky online virus scan Kaspersky Online Scanner.
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

After the updates have downloaded, click on the "Scan Settings"
button.
Choose the "Extended database" for the scan.
Under "Please select a target to scan", click "My Computer".
When the scan is finished, Save the results from the scan!

Note: You have to use Internet Explorer to do the online scan.
---------------
Download the Trial version of Superantispyware Pro (SAS):
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe....html?rid=3132


Install it and double-click the icon on your desktop to run it.
· It will ask if you want to update the program definitions, click
Yes.
· Under Configuration and Preferences, click the Preferences button.
· Click the Scanning Control tab.
· Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked:
o Close browsers before scanning
o Scan for tracking cookies
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
o Please leave the others unchecked.
o Click the Close button to leave the control center screen.
· On the main screen, under Scan for Harmful Software click Scan your
computer.
· On the left check C:\Fixed Drive.
· On the right, under Complete Scan, choose Perform Complete Scan.
· Click Next to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your
computer.
· After the scan is complete a summary box will appear. Click OK.
· Make sure everything in the white box has a check next to it, then
click Next.
· It will quarantine what it found and if it asks if you want to
reboot, click Yes.
· To retrieve the removal information for me please do the following:
o After reboot, double-click the SUPERAntispyware icon on your
desktop.
o Click Preferences. Click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o It will open in your default text editor (such as Notepad/Wordpad).
o Please highlight everything in the notepad, then right-click and
choose copy.
· Click close and close again to exit the program.
· Please paste that information here for me with a new Hijack This
log.
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jcurtis138 wrote:
> I had tried to install an Antivirus program and now Ctrl+ALT+DEL is
> will not work at all. I tried to right click on the taskbar, and the
> Task Manager is "grayed out" and I cannot open it. I tried to go to
> Start, Run, and enter Regedit and press OK. I got an error message
> that says: regedit is not a valid Win32 application. I went to my
> Windows folder and can see the regedit application in there. I
> clicked on it, and it said another program was using it, when I had
> all other programs closed. Please help.

Please share the name of this Antivirus program.

"jcurtis138" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3AD3006F-6310-42C4-A1A5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had tried to install an Antivirus program and now Ctrl+ALT+DEL is will
>not
> work at all. I tried to right click on the taskbar, and the Task Manager
> is
> "grayed out" and I cannot open it. I tried to go to Start, Run, and enter
> Regedit and press OK. I got an error message that says: regedit is not a
> valid Win32 application. I went to my Windows folder and can see the
> regedit
> application in there. I clicked on it, and it said another program was
> using
> it, when I had all other programs closed. Please help.
>

Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these
Web pages.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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=?Utf-8?B?amN1cnRpczEzOA==?= wrote:
>
> I had tried to install an Antivirus program and now Ctrl+ALT+DEL is will not
> work at all. I tried to right click on the taskbar, and the Task Manager is
> "grayed out" and I cannot open it. I tried to go to Start, Run, and enter
> Regedit and press OK. I got an error message that says: regedit is not a
> valid Win32 application. I went to my Windows folder and can see the regedit
> application in there. I clicked on it, and it said another program was using
> it, when I had all other programs closed. Please help.

Where did you get the anti-virus program, as what you are describing is
often due to getting an anti-virus program from a warez site.

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