Error message - "Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

[DAVID BUCHANAN]

I am using XP Home Edition and when installing Norton Internet Security
2003, I twice got the error message "Registry editing has been disabled by
your administrator (I am the administrator)" When I clicked on "OK" it
continued installing the programme. After shutting down and rebooting I
tried opening the registry editor and got the error message "Memory access
violation in module kernel32 at 1755:68774568". Can anyone tell me what I
have done wrong, and what I can do to fix the problem.

Any help will be gratefully received.

 

[Matt Scarborough]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:40:26 +1000, DAVID BUCHANAN wrote

I am using XP Home Edition and when installing Norton Internet Security

This is a symptom of W32/Swen@MM

2003, I twice got the error message "Registry editing has been disabled by
your administrator (I am the administrator)" When I clicked on "OK" it
continued installing the programme. After shutting down and rebooting I

This is also a symptom of W32/Swen@MM

tried opening the registry editor and got the error message "Memory access
violation in module kernel32 at 1755:68774568".

Can anyone tell me what I
have done wrong, and what I can do to fix the problem.

Update your antivirus definitions or your antivirus vendor. There are several
tools available to fix what may be the W32/Swen@MM worm here.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100662.htm

Matt Scarborough 2003-09-24

 

[Jose]

Good Fix- Download from
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.h
tml the tool for removing 32Swen.A worm . This not
only removes the virus but also fixes the registry entry
Hkey_....\Policies\System DisableRegistryTools= 1 which
you could not directly do because editing was blocked.