Task Manager and Registry Editing Disabled

[Zork]

When I ty to go to the task manager or edit the registry...it says they were
disabled by the administrator. I am the admin. Is this a virus? Computer
is also really slow as well. And also unable to send or receive email in
Outlook.

Anyway on how to remove it.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

When I ty to go to the task manager or edit the registry...it says they were
disabled by the administrator. I am the admin. Is this a virus? Computer
is also really slow as well. And also unable to send or receive email in
Outlook.

Anyway on how to remove it.

Hi

This might be the work of the Swen worm or something similar
(it could be from some spyware or parasite as well).

To try to solve your problem, do the following:

Copy and paste the URL address lines into your IE address bar:

http://www.dougknox.com

In the menu, select Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VB Script will remove this restriction. If the first time the
script is run it says "Disabled", run it again to enable registry edits again.

For the Task Manager restriction, at http://www.dougknox.com:

In the menu, select Win XP Utilities, Disable/Enable Task Manager.


To try to find what has caused this:

Run a cleanup tool, e.g. Stinger.exe from McAfee, it removes 30+
virus/worms in one sweep.

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Be sure to run an updated Antivirus program at all times.


For the Spyware and Parasites part, you will need to run other tools:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

The Parasite Fight Quick Fix Protocol
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console. These restrictions and others can be controlled with this utility.

And yes, this does sound like some type of "malware". Upate our AV software and rescan your system, preferably from Safe Mode. Additionally, see www.lavasoftusa.com and www.safer-networking.org for AdAware and Spybot Search and Destroy, respectively. For both of these programs, ensure you download their latest updated definitions, even though you just downloaded the program.

Online free virus scanners are available here:

http://www.symantec.com/cgi-bin/securitycheck.cgi

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9059