Windows Task Mgr and MS CONFIG

[Guest]

Greetings,
I have a six month old Dell 8300 with all the bells and whistles.
I am running Windows XP Servicepak 2

Recently I have noticed that
- if I try to run MSCONFIG nothing happens. Specifically, I go to start menu
click on run, type in MSCONFIG and absolutely nothing happens. This is
relatively new phenomenum, for 5+ months MSCONFIG has worked fine.
- if I try to get to Windows Task Mgr, it appears for literally a blink of
an eye and then disappears.
Specifically, if I right-click on the space bar, and then choose task mgr,
it appears, but literally for a blink of an eye, and then disappears
- if I go in to safe mode, I am able to both run MSCONFIG, it works fine,
and I am able to access Windows Task Mgr.

Is this a setting issue? What do I need to change?
Thank you in advance,
Herman

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Recently I have noticed that
- if I try to run MSCONFIG nothing happens.
...
- if I try to get to Windows Task Mgr, it appears for literally a
blink of an eye and then disappears.

"Why does Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening?"
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

 

[Guest]

Detlev,
Thank you for your response, it explains everything
Herman

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Detlev,
Thank you for your response, it explains everything

You're certainly welcome, Herman.

 

[Guest]

DD,
I spoke to soon.
I am still having trouble.
I went to the first site, and ran the temporary task manager and temporary
msconfig. the exact same thing happened, it shows up for a flash then
disappears.
I then went to the trend micro site and ran a scan - no problems.
By the way, I should mention that I have mcafee firewall and viruscan, both
of them tell me that I presently am clean.
Now what do I do?
Thanks in advance, Herman

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings,
I have a six month old Dell 8300 with all the bells and whistles.
I am running Windows XP Servicepak 2

Recently I have noticed that
- if I try to run MSCONFIG nothing happens. Specifically, I go to start menu
click on run, type in MSCONFIG and absolutely nothing happens. This is
relatively new phenomenum, for 5+ months MSCONFIG has worked fine.
- if I try to get to Windows Task Mgr, it appears for literally a blink of
an eye and then disappears.
Specifically, if I right-click on the space bar, and then choose task mgr,
it appears, but literally for a blink of an eye, and then disappears
- if I go in to safe mode, I am able to both run MSCONFIG, it works fine,
and I am able to access Windows Task Mgr.

Is this a setting issue? What do I need to change?
Thank you in advance,
Herman

The type of behavior you describe is typical behavior of more than
one virus/worm, the three below being the most common:

W32.Klez
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Yaha
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

Because many of the newer viruses and worms, such as the Spybot
mentioned above, can disable antivirus applications whose definitions
aren't kept up-to-date, try using one or more of the free on-line
scanners to double-check your system.

Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

McAfee Security - FreeScan
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp

Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

Computer Associates:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

DialogueScience:
http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Freedom Online scanner
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html



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Bruce Chambers

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[Detlev Dreyer]

DD,
I spoke to soon.
I am still having trouble.
I went to the first site, and ran the temporary task manager and
temporary msconfig. the exact same thing happened, it shows up for a
flash then disappears.

Start > Run: Regedit. See if the same problem occurs.

I then went to the trend micro site and ran a scan - no problems.
By the way, I should mention that I have mcafee firewall and viruscan,
both of them tell me that I presently am clean.

Well, if an Anti-Virus detects malware, you can be pretty sure that
your system is compromised (exception: false alert). However, if an
Anti-Virus doesn't find any malware, this does not necessarily mean
that your system is 'clean'. Today's viruses, worms and trojans know
how to bypass an Anti-Virus. Also, an Anti-Virus cannot detect (all)
backdoors being installed by malware. If Regedit doesn't work either,
you can bet that your system is compromised - at the latest.

Now what do I do?

It's up to you how to proceed. "Cleaning a Compromised System"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx