system startup-task man and msconfig don't work

[Robert Blackwell]

This is strange. My computer has been a little slugish lately, and when I
boot up, it sometimes takes a few minutes before my wacom driver is loaded.
I thought I'd check msconfig to see what was in start up because my startup
folder is empty. When I tried to load it, nothing happend, then when I
ctrl+a+del the task man would pop for just a sec, and then close all by
itself. I'd keep doing it but each time it would close. I don't do piracy
and I don't have kazaa or other p2p stuff installed but that kind of
concerns me. I'm thinking to myself that potentially I have some sort of
program installed that's closing the task man on me so I can't see what
processes are running.

Now, it's been 8 minutes since I booted up and I still can't access the task
man or msconfig.

I guess i'll try safe mode and see if I can load msconfig from there...

 

[dev]

Robert Blackwell said:

This is strange. My computer has been a little slugish lately, and when I
boot up, it sometimes takes a few minutes before my wacom driver is loaded.
I thought I'd check msconfig to see what was in start up because my startup
folder is empty. When I tried to load it, nothing happend, then when I
ctrl+a+del the task man would pop for just a sec, and then close all by
itself. I'd keep doing it but each time it would close. I don't do piracy
and I don't have kazaa or other p2p stuff installed but that kind of
concerns me. I'm thinking to myself that potentially I have some sort of
program installed that's closing the task man on me so I can't see what
processes are running.

Now, it's been 8 minutes since I booted up and I still can't access the task
man or msconfig.

I guess i'll try safe mode and see if I can load msconfig from there...

It's wise to check the group for your topic - first thing. A search for
"task manager" reveals dozens of hits, hinting that a worm is infesting
your PC. Here's but one...

w32.spybot worm disables NAV, Msconfig, Regedit and Task Manager:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/virusinfo.php?menu_id=1&v_id=114

Try this to:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

Also See
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

It could also be
W32.Klez
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Yaha
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

 

[Willit]

Sounds like the swen virus, do a online ck also regedit
may not work.

http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?
j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=AQGOOTGUSDJNRNJWDJZ

 

[Robert Blackwell]

Sorry, I should have checked....thanks..

(although, I did scan with housecall.antivirus a couple days ago and it
found nothing)

I've ordered Sysworks 2k3 cause my 2002 virus defs expired a while ago. It
should be here soon, hopefully I can take care of it before then though.