WinDrive32.exe Window??

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Doug

Hi all. Here is a different one. This is my friends
computer that was infected by the Sassar and
Backdoor.Ranky viruses. He was able to clean both off of
his computer. Now upon a restart he recieves a command
screen with this header...

C:\Windows\System32\WinDrive32.exe

in the command screen itself is the flashing cursor but
he is unable to type anything in the screen. The only
thing he can do is close the dialog screen.

Can anyone tell me what this is and why this is happening?

Thank you.
 
Hi

Have a look in msconfig>startup to see if that file is referenced. If it
is, uncheck it, and reboot the PC.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hi all. Here is a different one. This is my friends
| computer that was infected by the Sassar and
| Backdoor.Ranky viruses. He was able to clean both off of
| his computer. Now upon a restart he recieves a command
| screen with this header...
|
| C:\Windows\System32\WinDrive32.exe
|
| in the command screen itself is the flashing cursor but
| he is unable to type anything in the screen. The only
| thing he can do is close the dialog screen.
|
| Can anyone tell me what this is and why this is happening?
|
| Thank you.
 
Hi,

Start/run regedit, look in these registry keys for a string that references
it and delete it:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
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