task manager does not stay open

[james oneill]

i cannot access the task manager thru task bar or
contol/alt/delete windows security route

task manager appears for 5 seconds or less and disappears

shows cpu usage at 100%

a lighted green square icon appears on task bar upon each
instance when i try to open the task manager

 

[CarlG]

You have a Virus. This is a tough one. Here's what i did.


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.

good luck
Carl
(e-mail address removed)