Regedit Window Disappears

[Bonnie]

I need to edit out a statement in regedit because of a
virus. However, when I Start>Run>regedit..., by the time
I get to the statement I need to delete, the window
disappears. Is there some other way to edit it, is there
some reason the window is disappearing (I know, of course
there is a reason for this! I, however, don't know what
it is, and it is driving me nuts!)? Thanks for any
help. Bonnie

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
is there some reason the window is disappearing

Sure, your virus is more clever than you thought - or you
have more than one malware running. Several of them shut
down tools used to remove them such as regedit because
they just don't want to be removed. Try safe mode and/or
try some removal tools.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I need to edit out a statement in regedit because of a
virus. However, when I Start>Run>regedit..., by the time
I get to the statement I need to delete, the window
disappears. Is there some other way to edit it, is there
some reason the window is disappearing (I know, of course
there is a reason for this! I, however, don't know what
it is, and it is driving me nuts!)? Thanks for any
help. Bonnie

The type of behavior you describe 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

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

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Bruce Chambers

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