regedit and task manager closing unexpectedly

[christophe]

Hi,

One of the machine in my company is doing strange things:


When you try to open regedit or task manager, the window appear for 2 or 3
seconds then the application is closing.

regedt32 is working well.

Does anybody know something about this?

Virus maybe?

I scanned my machine and rebooted without success.

Thanks for any help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

Yes it sure is !

You scanned your PC ???
With what ? Are you up-to-date with signatures ?

I think you need a second and/or third opinion...

Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

Dave



| Hi,
|
| One of the machine in my company is doing strange things:
|
|
| When you try to open regedit or task manager, the window appear for 2 or 3
| seconds then the application is closing.
|
| regedt32 is working well.
|
| Does anybody know something about this?
|
| Virus maybe?
|
| I scanned my machine and rebooted without success.
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
|

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The type of behavior you describe, which also often applies to
Taskmgr.exe and MSConfig.exe (for WinXP), 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

Because many of the newer viruses and worms, such as the
Spybot mentioned above, can disable antivirus applications whose
definitions aren't kept up-to-date, try using one or more of the free
on-line scanners to double-check your system.

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

McAfee Security - FreeScan
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp


Bruce Chambers
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