System utilities won't load.

[Michele]

I'm having a really strange problem, and that is, some of
my system utilities (such as the task manager and the
registry editor) won't run. They appear on screen for a
second then immediately close. I have NO idea what's going
on, and really need some help here. Anything at all would
be appreciated.

 

[Eric McG]

Those symptoms indicate the presence of a virus/worm. Run a full scan of your
system with an updated AV app to identify and neuter it and then go to the AV
app's website for removal instructions.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Michele" said in news:[email protected]:

I'm having a really strange problem, and that is, some of
my system utilities (such as the task manager and the
registry editor) won't run. They appear on screen for a
second then immediately close. I have NO idea what's going
on, and really need some help here. Anything at all would
be appreciated.

When was the last time you update your anti-virus software and then
performed a full scan?

 

[Michele]

I have NAV 2003 which has upgraded virus definitions every
few days, and somehow no files come up as infected when I
do a full system scan. I can't say that I know what I'm
infected with exactly, and that's just a little bit of a
problem.

 

[Eric McG]

You may have been infected by one that also neuters NAV. See this as an example:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.killav.b.html

You may want to use Symantec's online virus and security check or similar to
scan your system.

 

[George Hester]

Anything in the event viewer that corresponds to this?