Re: Edit Registry from DOS

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:32:59 -0400

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:48:06 -0700,
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I am attempting to recover from a Spyware install. I've
>removed the Spyware installation and most registry
>entries, however, I couldn't remove the most important
>one until the file was gone. To only way to remove the
>software was to boot into DOS and delete the file from
>there since the way it was being loaded was through the
>WinLogon process.
>>
>>The problem I have now is that even though the spyware
>is gone, I can't remove the entry out of the registry,
>because my system will no longer boot. In it's current
>state, when the system boots, it looks for the spyware
>file during the winlogon process, but since it can't find
>it anymore, the winlogon process blue screens.
>>
>>Before the spyware software was removed, I was unable to
>delete the entry in the registry, since every time I
>deleted the registry entry for the spyware, it would re-
>enter itself. (It had a hook into the explorer.exe
>process).
>>
>>I am now trying to copy the registry from this system to
>another one so that I can edit it and remove the corrupt
>entry. I don't know what files the registry consists of,
>so I was wondering if you could point me to the correct
>files.
>>
>>As an alternative, if any of you are aware of DOS tools
>I can use to edit the registry, I would also be willing
>to try that. Note that the entries in the registry for
>the Spyware are preceeded by a null character, so regular
>registry tools will not even see the entries. I had a
>heck of a time figuring this out, since essentially the
>spyware put a null character entry in front of the entire
>WinLogon registry node. Normal registry tools use the
>Win32 API, which ignores anything after a null
>character. In other words, the entire WinLogon registry
>node in this case.
>>
>>At any rate, any suggestions to edit the registry in a
>non Windows mode, or by copying it to another computer,
>would be highly appreciated. My understanding is that
>the spyware was a variation of the VX2 Better Internet
>software. Nasty stuff to get rid of, or even find.
>>
>>Your help is much appreciated!
>>
>>Steve.
>>.
>>

>XP doesnt have DOS just a DOS prompt. You can also just
>choose run from the start menu and enter regedit.
>
Better to say XP has a Command Prompt. DOS prompt implies you are
accessing MS-DOS via the command line - and as you noted, XP doesn't
have MS-DOS.

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