can not run regedit or regedt32

[Doug]

Hello

Ran into an interesting problem this morning on a 2000 pro
machine. There is some virus activity on the machine,
when I try to run regedit or regedt32 it shuts down after
a few seconds. Wanted to run it to find out what was
shutting down Norton ant virus, it does the same and so do
other applications.

any suggestions ? work arounds to edit the registry?

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Scan your system for virus's. If you can't run Norton you can go to
trendmicro.com and use their online free scanner as a start to help clean of
the system and then you can possibly use Norton to clean further.

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

scrockel@***No_SPAM***hotmail.com

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Scan your system for virus's. If you can't run Norton you can go to
trendmicro.com and use their online free scanner as a start to help clean of
the system and then you can possibly use Norton to clean further.

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

scrockel@***No_SPAM***hotmail.com

 

[Bob I]

Copy regedit.exe to regedit.com and run that?

 

[Bob I]

Copy regedit.exe to regedit.com and run that?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This behavior, which also often applies to MSConfig.exe and
Taskmgr.exe, 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


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This behavior, which also often applies to MSConfig.exe and
Taskmgr.exe, 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


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH