Task Manager closes; can't view event details

[Jeff Hill]

I have two symptoms on a Win2K system that may be related.

First, when I attempt to display task manager (to view
processes), the window opens but closes after 2-3 seconds.

Second, when I double-click en event in event viewer (to
view the details), I get a really quick hourglass, but
the detail window never appears.

Has anyone seen this behavior, and is there a fix for it?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Ray at]

Run a virus scan. There are known viruses that close the task manager in
the way that you describe.

Ray at work

 

[Jeff Hill]

Ray,
His machine had the most current NAV definitions, and we
did a scan and didn't find anything. There was an
attachment quarantined about a week ago with Blaster, so
his NAV appears to be working. Of course, it could be a
new variant not detected by the current definitions.

What about the event viewer problem? Are there any known
viruses that have that behavior too?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[CarlG]

You have a virus. I had the same thing. Nasty one this. Here's what I
did, You can try it. Good luck.

Do This : (YMMV)

1. Copy taskmgr.exe and regedit.exe to MY Documents
]
2. RENAME them taskmgr.COM and regedit.COM

3. RUN Taskmgr.COM. it should work ok now.

4. IN Proceeses, find Winlodr.scr (or something like that) and KILL
IT.

5. in c:\winnt\system32 find winlodr.scr and DELETE it.

6. EMPTY the recyle bin Right Away.

7. Run Regedit

8 find and DELETE all keys that reference winlodr.scr

9 Reboot.

10 do the ctrl-alt.del thing and make sure regular Task manager works
ok

This is a bad virus. it got thru my firewall and past norton antivirus
2003.(with liveupdate enabled, all that latest, etc, etc)

good luck
Carl
(e-mail address removed)
PS let me know how itworks out.