Task Mgr closes

[Pedro]

Clean system (new install of W2000 Pro. PIII 256R.)
Hv downloaded Win Updates. Attempting to view task
manager, it appears for a second then closes, same with
RegEdit attempt. Also see little green squares on right
side of Taskbar, when I move mouse over them, they
disappear. Have run Panda A/V and AdAware and both are
negative.
Any ideas--don't see anything in MS KB.
Thanks mucho. Pedro

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Clean system (new install of W2000 Pro. PIII 256R.)
Hv downloaded Win Updates. Attempting to view task
manager, it appears for a second then closes, same with
RegEdit attempt. Also see little green squares on right
side of Taskbar, when I move mouse over them, they
disappear. Have run Panda A/V and AdAware and both are
negative.
Any ideas--don't see anything in MS KB.
Thanks mucho. Pedro

The type of behavior you describe is typical behavior of more than
one virus/worm, the three below being the most common:

W32.Klez
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Yaha
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

Because many of the newer viruses and worms, such as the
Spybot mentioned above, can disable antivirus applications whose
definitions aren't kept up-to-date, try using one or more of the free
on-line scanners to double-check your system.

Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

McAfee Security - FreeScan
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp

Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

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Bruce Chambers

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[Pedro]

I ran bitdefender (free AV) and it found BKDR.RBOT.MD in
WINNT\system32\sxvhost.exe -- deleted it and T-M and
Regedit work fine. Thanks to Bruce C for his input.
Pedro