missing value...

[Roberto Carcione]

Hi at all,

some days ago i was looking in the registry because some components of mine
register itsself into it. So i was surprised because the keys are there but
the value were not...so i started to look around into the registry...and
surprise all and all keys appear but the value not!!!
what happened? is it a virus?
now i am scanning online my computer with an antivirus.

 

[Mark V]

Hi at all,

some days ago i was looking in the registry because some
components of mine register itsself into it. So i was surprised
because the keys are there but the value were not...so i started
to look around into the registry...and surprise all and all keys
appear but the value not!!! what happened? is it a virus?
now i am scanning online my computer with an antivirus.

What OS? What tool used to "look in the registry"?

If W2K for example and regedt32.exe, check View menu for "Tree and
Data"

 

[Roberto Carcione]

Hi Mark,

sincerely, i did not know the exisistence of regedt32.exe...i always used
regedit.exe under \winnt. My os is win2000.
Regedt32.exe show me key and value in the corrrect way, right. But regedit
does not.
Yesterday i scan my computer with an antivirus and seems all ok. I'm sure
that some weeks ago regedit shown me keys and data in the correct way...
I do not know why....

thanks Mark
roberto

 

[Mark V]

Hi Mark,

sincerely, i did not know the exisistence of regedt32.exe...i
always used regedit.exe under \winnt. My os is win2000.
Regedt32.exe show me key and value in the corrrect way, right.
But regedit does not.
Yesterday i scan my computer with an antivirus and seems all ok.
I'm sure that some weeks ago regedit shown me keys and data in
the correct way... I do not know why....

Ensure the regedit.exe you are running is the real an genuine MS
program.

This sounds more like malware or rootkits or some such which is
outside the scope of this group. A-V alone will not cover you
these days...sorry to say.