regedit wont work..

[Guest]

hi, maybe you can help me. my regedit wont work, i get a message saying its
being used by another program.the task manager also has just disapeared.no
message -nothing. i tried to do a system restore but there was no date
available to restore it to. i then ran a virus scan and then attempted a
clean boot but when doing a clean boot..which hasnt helped.i also followed
advice given here and got rid of task kill.com, task list.com,ping.com, and
tracert.com <if that sheds any light> thanks for any help

 

[Ron Martell]

hi, maybe you can help me. my regedit wont work, i get a message saying its
being used by another program.the task manager also has just disapeared.no
message -nothing. i tried to do a system restore but there was no date
available to restore it to. i then ran a virus scan and then attempted a
clean boot but when doing a clean boot..which hasnt helped.i also followed
advice given here and got rid of task kill.com, task list.com,ping.com, and
tracert.com <if that sheds any light> thanks for any help

Problems with both Regedit and Task Manager are often symptoms of a
spyware/virus/trojan infestation of some kind as many malware items
disable or interfere with these programs.

Try doing an online scan at one (or two) of the following free sites:
Bit Defender http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Kaspersky Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Panda ActiveScan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
WindowSecurity.com TrojanScan http://windowssecurity.com/trojanscan
Webroot http://www.webroot.com/

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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