taskmgr missing

[Andrew]

when i do ctrl-alt-delete nothing happens
when i type in taskmgr.exe in command prompt it says "Another program is
using this file"
when i do a search for taskmgr.exe it does not exist

when i type regedit in command prompt a black dos screen appears and quickly
dissapears and nothing else happens
but when i do a search for regedit.exe it finds and when i click on it
regedit appears

are these 2 instances related in any way?

how can i restore taskmgr.exe

computer seems to be working fine - win xp

any help appreciated

andrew

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Andrew" <[email protected]>

| when i do ctrl-alt-delete nothing happens
| when i type in taskmgr.exe in command prompt it says "Another program is
| using this file"
| when i do a search for taskmgr.exe it does not exist
|
| when i type regedit in command prompt a black dos screen appears and quickly
| dissapears and nothing else happens
| but when i do a search for regedit.exe it finds and when i click on it
| regedit appears
|
| are these 2 instances related in any way?
|
| how can i restore taskmgr.exe
|
| computer seems to be working fine - win xp
|
| any help appreciated
|
| andrew
|


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[Andrew]

thanks did what you said - found virus w32/alcra-b in five files sophos
removed 3 out of 5 - went to sophos website downloaded another small program
and that cleared the rest

again thanks for help

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Andrew" <[email protected]>

| thanks did what you said - found virus w32/alcra-b in five files sophos
| removed 3 out of 5 - went to sophos website downloaded another small program
| and that cleared the rest
|
| again thanks for help
|


I suggest one more scan (at least) using the McAfee module.

 

[Rock]

when i do ctrl-alt-delete nothing happens
when i type in taskmgr.exe in command prompt it says "Another program is
using this file"
when i do a search for taskmgr.exe it does not exist

when i type regedit in command prompt a black dos screen appears and quickly
dissapears and nothing else happens
but when i do a search for regedit.exe it finds and when i click on it
regedit appears

are these 2 instances related in any way?

how can i restore taskmgr.exe

computer seems to be working fine - win xp

any help appreciated

andrew

Sounds like you're infected with malware. Following the instructions in
David Lipman's post.