help with start/run/regedit

[Duck]

When I go to start run regedit I get the foolowing error.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\regedit.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS: 0dd5 IP :ffd3 OP :63 fa 65 10 64 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application


Any help would be much appreciated. tia

 

[David Candy]

Regedit.com isn't a windows program. Delete it.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

When I go to start run regedit I get the foolowing error.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\regedit.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS: 0dd5 IP :ffd3 OP :63 fa 65 10 64 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application


Any help would be much appreciated. tia

Looks like you have malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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[Gerry Cornell]

David

What about other changes to registry and the like?


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Gerry

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Regedit.com isn't a windows program. Delete it.

 

[David Candy]

Com files are executed in preference to exe files. The presense of a regedit.com will cause that to run instead of regedit.exe. Not that this is his problem. Regedit is in C:\windows and the path and default search will search system32 first, so it finds regedit.com first.

Regardless there is no need for a file like this.