Re: What does cdomeui.exe.file do?

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/26/04


Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:29:03 -0400

No problem. Hope it helped.

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Raymond Sanborn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3b9501c472a6$12e26120$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello Rick:
>
> Thanks much for your detailed reply of what the
> cdomeui.exe.file is and how to rid myself of it.
>
> I certainly appreciate your rapid response and can't
> thank you enough for defining this trojan virus for me.
>
> Please keep up the great work.
>
> Ray
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Ray,
> >
> >It's a trojan (virus) file. You don't want it accessing
> the internet
> >(phoning home) or even on your system. Follow
> these "relatively" simple
> >removal steps:
> >
> >Restart in Safe mode by hitting F8 as Windows first
> begins to load on boot.
> >Logon as administrator.
> >
> >Start/search/files and folders, look for <filename> and
> delete it wherever
> >it is found.
> >
> >Start/run regedit, expand the + signs to look under
> these keys:
> >
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
> on\Run
> >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
> ion\Run
> >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
> >
> >Look in the right hand pane for the string or strings
> that load that file.
> >Delete just those strings that contain the reference. Do
> not delete other
> >strings or the keys from the left pane. Close the
> registry editor when
> >completed, make sure you check all strings.
> >
> >Go to the Control Panel/System/System Restore tab. Check
> the box to "Turn
> >off system restore on all drives". Click apply/ok. This
> will remove all
> >restore points, however you don't want them back as some
> or all of them will
> >contain the virus depending upon how recently you got
> infected.
> >
> >Restart the system normally. Go back to the Control
> Panel/System and restart
> >System Restore.
> >
> >Update your antivirus software.
> >
> >-- 
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Raymond Sanborn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:3b4b01c4727b$5a1891c0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> My Firewall keeps asking me if I want to allow the file
> >> cdomeui.exe to access the Internet. I recently had a
> bad
> >> experience with Adware and Spyware and finally got my
> >> computer cleaned up. I'm afraid to allow access to
> files
> >> I canot identify, of which this is one, so I don't
> allow
> >> it to access the Internet.
> >> However, periodically I get this same request. I can't
> >> see any detrimental effect on the operation of my
> >> computer by denying access of this file. However, I
> still
> >> wonder what the heck it is? Does anyone know?
> >> Ray
> >
> >
> >.
> >


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