Lost Task Manager

[J. Michael Hermens]

Somewhere in the process of multiple Lavasoft Ad-Aware scans my Task Manager
stopped working. Now when I hit Control-Alt-Delete, or right-click the task
bar and select "Task Manager", the Task Manager window appears for only a
second (if at all), then goes away. Sometimes, after the Task Manager
appears/disappears, the Task Manager's little green box/icon shows up at the
lower right of the screen in the task bar; but when I put my cursor over it
to click, it goes away before I can click.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You have a virus.

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

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[J. Michael Hermens]

Wes,
Thanks for the quick reply. I have Norton Antivirus installed and lately
have been running it once a day (with the recent program and virus
definition updates, but it does not find the virus. Will other antivirus
programs cover viruses not found by Norton? Do I need to uninstall Norton
to scan with the other programs?
Thanks for your help,
Mike

You have a virus.

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry Editor
or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is caused by
Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scans

Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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Somewhere in the process of multiple Lavasoft Ad-Aware scans my Task
Manager stopped working. Now when I hit Control-Alt-Delete, or
right-click the task bar and select "Task Manager", the Task Manager
window appears for only a second (if at all), then goes away.
Sometimes, after the Task Manager appears/disappears, the Task
Manager's little green box/icon shows up at the lower right of the
screen in the task bar; but when I put my cursor over it to click, it
goes away before I can click.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Do msconfig and regedit open? Or do they act the same way as Task Manager?

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | OK

Start | Run | Type: regedit | OK

If they act the same way, you most likely have a virus.

Is Norton up to date? Make sure you update before running a full system
scan.

Follow the advice and links @
Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

No need to uninstall Norton. I have no idea if any of the others will find
anything that Norton won't. I would not install another anti virus, but it
wouldn't hurt to do the online scans.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Wes,
Thanks for the quick reply. I have Norton Antivirus installed and
lately have been running it once a day (with the recent program and
virus definition updates, but it does not find the virus. Will other
antivirus programs cover viruses not found by Norton? Do I need to
uninstall Norton to scan with the other programs?
Thanks for your help,
Mike

You have a virus.

[[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
Editor or
Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is
caused by Viruses.]]

Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

Free online virus scans

Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Somewhere in the process of multiple Lavasoft Ad-Aware scans my Task
Manager stopped working. Now when I hit Control-Alt-Delete, or
right-click the task bar and select "Task Manager", the Task Manager
window appears for only a second (if at all), then goes away.
Sometimes, after the Task Manager appears/disappears, the Task
Manager's little green box/icon shows up at the lower right of the
screen in the task bar; but when I put my cursor over it to click,
it goes away before I can click.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Sharon F]

Somewhere in the process of multiple Lavasoft Ad-Aware scans my Task Manager
stopped working. Now when I hit Control-Alt-Delete, or right-click the task
bar and select "Task Manager", the Task Manager window appears for only a
second (if at all), then goes away. Sometimes, after the Task Manager
appears/disappears, the Task Manager's little green box/icon shows up at the
lower right of the screen in the task bar; but when I put my cursor over it
to click, it goes away before I can click.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Mike, I had this problem with Task Manager once. A common symptom of virus
or other malware but there were no intrusions found after extensive
scanning. One day I used Kelly's script for restoring the default taskbar
settings and the problem cleared up. No idea how or why this worked but it
did.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line #164 on the left side has the download link for the fix that worked
for me.

 

[Guest]

Hi Micheal,
What you can do is restart the computer and enter into safe mode by tapping
the F8 buttton as soon as U see the computer manufacturer's logo and then
after entering into Safe Mode try to open Regestry by clicking on Start>>Runif did not work let me know in this account (e-mail address removed)

From ,
Sreesobh Edavalath