userinit.exe

[Bengt]

When starting up windows XP, the "start-process" just go on and on,
the only thing on the screen is the desktop-background, no icons and
no taskbar.
Starting in "Safe mode" (which takes forever) and checking the
on-going processes, there are approx. 3-400 processes going on (sucks
my memory)
and there is a huge number of userinit.exe processes going on??
I suspect that this is the result of some kind of virus, that I have
to remove and then fix the registry, But how?

Please help me someone

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

When starting up windows XP, the "start-process" just go on and on,
the only thing on the screen is the desktop-background, no icons and
no taskbar.
Starting in "Safe mode" (which takes forever) and checking the
on-going processes, there are approx. 3-400 processes going on (sucks
my memory)
and there is a huge number of userinit.exe processes going on??
I suspect that this is the result of some kind of virus, that I have
to remove and then fix the registry, But how?

Please help me someone

Hi

This is Blazefind or some other malware.


You might want to take a look here:

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

and

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


Note this two if you use e.g. an old version of Ad-aware to remove
Blazefind (should not be a problem with Ad-aware SE):

Blazefind problem
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html