Re: Lost Task Manager

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:21:58 -0700

Do msconfig and regedit open? Or do they act the same way as Task Manager?

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | OK

Start | Run | Type: regedit | OK

If they act the same way, you most likely have a virus.

Is Norton up to date? Make sure you update before running a full system
scan.

Follow the advice and links @
Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm

No need to uninstall Norton. I have no idea if any of the others will find
anything that Norton won't. I would not install another anti virus, but it
wouldn't hurt to do the online scans. 

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:eNHLZ%23AxEHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
J. Michael Hermens <jmh@trans-pac.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wes,
> Thanks for the quick reply.  I have Norton Antivirus installed and
> lately have been running it once a day (with the recent program and
> virus definition updates, but it does not find the virus.  Will other
> antivirus programs cover viruses not found by Norton?  Do I need to
> uninstall Norton to scan with the other programs?
> Thanks for your help,
> Mike
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:e%23dtDx7wEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> You have a virus.
>>
>> [[When you open System Configuration Utility [MSCONFIG], Registry
>> Editor or
>> Task Manager, they flash for a second and quit. This symptom is
>> caused by Viruses.]]
>>
>> Task Manager, MSCONFIG, or REGEDIT disappear while opening
>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ToolsQuit.htm
>>
>> Free online virus scans
>>
>> Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
>> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
>>
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>> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Whatever you use for Anti Virus, keep it updated.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:Oe43fP7wEHA.1976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> J. Michael Hermens <jmh@trans-pac.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Somewhere in the process of multiple Lavasoft Ad-Aware scans my Task
>>> Manager stopped working.  Now when I hit Control-Alt-Delete, or
>>> right-click the task bar and select "Task Manager", the Task Manager
>>> window appears for only a second (if at all), then goes away.
>>> Sometimes, after the Task Manager appears/disappears, the Task
>>> Manager's little green box/icon shows up at the lower right of the
>>> screen in the task bar; but when I put my cursor over it to click,
>>> it goes away before I can click.
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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