Weird...

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Any ideas what is cauing this?

A virus. Classic symptoms of Klez, Yaha, and others.

Free virus removal tools:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/8/lng/us/tpl/v5/nid/3001#3001
http://www.f-secure.com/download-purchase/tools.shtml

Also, you may use this free on-line scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Symantec also distributes many free removal tools that are virus-specific:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

Many are best run in Safe mode to minimize interference. Most will resist
removal in normal mode where they are active.

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe mode

Emergency system tools:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Colts_Fan_10]

Every time I go to 'run' and try to pull up msconfig it doesn't work.
The hard drive thinks like it is going to work but then nothin
happens. When I hit ctrl+Alt+del the little screen pops up for
second and then immediately disappears. Any ideas what is cauing this

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Colts_Fan_10" <[email protected]>

| Every time I go to 'run' and try to pull up msconfig it doesn't work.
| The hard drive thinks like it is going to work but then nothing
| happens. When I hit ctrl+Alt+del the little screen pops up for a
| second and then immediately disappears. Any ideas what is cauing this?
|
| --
| Colts_Fan_10

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

[Colts_Fan_10]

Just wanted to thank you for the help. It worked very well...All
problems fixed.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Colts_Fan_10" <[email protected]>

| Just wanted to thank you for the help. It worked very well...All
| problems fixed.
|
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| Colts_Fan_10

Fantastic !

Thanx for updating the thread.