Re: Blocked startup of Msconfig, Norton etc

From: Jeff Rebeiro (j.e.f.f.a.t.r.e.b.e.i.r.o.d.o.t.n.e.t._at_nospam.figure.my.addy.out.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:06:10 -0400

I had this problem on a machine that was heavily infected with Spyware. You
will need to run Adaware, Spybot, CWShredder, HijackThis!, and a full virus
scan all in safe mode logged in as administrator.

Unfortunately I was unable to completely remove this beast in a reasonable
amount of time at work and the rules for us stated that machines needed to
be reimaged if it took too long. I got it to the point where the system was
usable but within a day the beast came back.... this could have been the
user doing whatever they did in the first place to get infected.

What I needed to do to get the task manager and regedit back in normal mode
was to mess with the Local Security Policies.

This is a nasty program whatever it is.

Hope this helps,

Jeff Rebeiro

"NannaJan" <NannaJan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9824EB32-C911-4307-BF89-9A0E90765E7F@microsoft.com...
> Have you found a solution? I am having the same problem.
>
> "JimMaloy" wrote:
>
>> I have installed all of the latest downloads from Symantec and Microsoft
>> as of 23rd July. I have followed all of the advice for erradicating the
>> trojans and worms from my hard drive that came up on the online scan from
>> Symantec.
>> Now I still cannot access Msconfig, Regedit, Norton System or Antivirus,
>> or the Task Manager.
>> Does anyone have ideas about what could be the cause of these problems?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jim

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