Any idea which bug this is?

[Victek]

I worked on a system today where the task manager, regedit, ctrl-alt-del,
Internet Explorer, and Safe mode were all disabled. This PC has the Verizon
Security Suite installed and updated, though it appeared the malware had
turned off the AV component (so much for the VSS). I was able to install,
update and scan with both MBAM and SuperAntiSpyware. They found and removed
a quite a bit, but the PC was still crippled. All of the disabled features
remained broken, and Firefox and Opera could only browse sporadically.

Is there a particular malware responsible for the above, or has this become
the norm?

 

[Clark]

I worked on a system today where the task manager, regedit,
ctrl-alt-del, Internet Explorer, and Safe mode were all disabled. This PC
has the Verizon Security Suite installed and updated, though
it appeared the malware had turned off the AV component (so much for
the VSS). I was able to install, update and scan with both MBAM and
SuperAntiSpyware. They found and removed a quite a bit, but the PC
was still crippled. All of the disabled features remained broken,
and Firefox and Opera could only browse sporadically.
Is there a particular malware responsible for the above, or has this
become the norm?

do your reading, the download link is at the top of the page.
what your going to do is goto the policies button scan and remove
restrictions there.
http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix

Great tool to have
Clark...

 

[Victek]

do your reading, the download link is at the top of the page.
what your going to do is goto the policies button scan and remove
restrictions there.
http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix

Great tool to have
Clark...
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Thanks for the info and link to Dial-a-fix. Much appreciated!

 

[Dustin Cook]

I worked on a system today where the task manager, regedit,
ctrl-alt-del, Internet Explorer, and Safe mode were all disabled.
This PC has the Verizon Security Suite installed and updated, though
it appeared the malware had turned off the AV component (so much for
the VSS). I was able to install, update and scan with both MBAM and
SuperAntiSpyware. They found and removed a quite a bit, but the PC
was still crippled. All of the disabled features remained broken, and
Firefox and Opera could only browse sporadically.

Is there a particular malware responsible for the above, or has this
become the norm?

It's a series of policy keys which lock you out of various things.

You can use dial a fix, just google it to undo most of those.

 

[Dustin Cook]

do your reading, the download link is at the top of the page.
what your going to do is goto the policies button scan and remove
restrictions there.
http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix

Great tool to have
Clark...

Sure is, glad I could recommend it to you.

If you ever need any help, just ask. I don't even hold your assine posts
(that you didn't read obviously) about me. Anything to better educate you
so your customers don't needlessly suffer.

 

[ASCII]

http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix

That's a very useful application for system performance too.
It was able to remove the majority of the contents of the
SoftwareDistribution folders and speed up my shutdown time considerably.
They're still there, but have shrunk from over three hundred MB down to
about two.

 

[Gaz]

Thanks for the info and link to Dial-a-fix. Much appreciated!

smitfraudfix is also pretty good at repairing any malicious policy
changes..... Dial a fix is an essential tool though, its magic for fixing
windows updates.

Gaz