blaster worm issues

[Lennie]

Ok ... first of all, thank you so much for helping me get
rid of that worm. However, I have another question!
Would it have been possible for the blaster worm to
corrupt/delete/replace/WHATEVER system32 files, among
others that would have been removed when the worm was
removed? The reason I ask is now that it is gone, my anti-
virus program {mcafee virus scan) won't start, and when I
click on it from the control panel i get an error saying
one of those system32 files can't be accessed.
Additionally I still cannot run msconfig! Is there
anything I can do to fix this before I throw the computer
out the window?!?!?! This thing is making me lose my mind!

 

[DL]

You could run the sys.file checker - scannow - see help for details.
AV apps can become corrupted, often when this happens it is neccessary to
uninstall from Add/Remove dialogue, THEN see AV web site for details of
manual removal, before reinstalling. Ensure no other apps/task bar apps
running during reinstall.
Since msconfig is, I recollect, not part of a Win2K installation presumably
you installed by other means? so you could uninstall/install
David

 

[Dave Patrick]

1.) Reinstall the application.

2.) Natively you can; Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative
Tools\Computer Management(Local)\System Information\Software
Environment\Startup Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column,
you'll find the path to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup"
directories or from the registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.

or copy msconfig from Windows XP


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| Ok ... first of all, thank you so much for helping me get
| rid of that worm. However, I have another question!
| Would it have been possible for the blaster worm to
| corrupt/delete/replace/WHATEVER system32 files, among
| others that would have been removed when the worm was
| removed? The reason I ask is now that it is gone, my anti-
| virus program {mcafee virus scan) won't start, and when I
| click on it from the control panel i get an error saying
| one of those system32 files can't be accessed.
| Additionally I still cannot run msconfig! Is there
| anything I can do to fix this before I throw the computer
| out the window?!?!?! This thing is making me lose my mind!