Re: I've lost admin privs, and I can't stop what's happening!

Have you tried to roll your computer back to a time before the virus attack
occured using system restore?

"Andy Max" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3i00k.795$BV.285@xxxxxxxxxxx
I'm running Windows XP Home edition.

My pc was attacked by a virus. PCTools Spyware Doctor With Antivirus
cleared the conglomerate of viruses out, or so it claims, BUT

when it took over, it made a bunch of changes, AND removed my admin privs.

Now:
1) "Settings" on the Start Menu no longer allows me access to Control
Panel or to the printers. It shows me only "Taskbar and Start Menu"
2) "My Computer" does not see the CD-Rom/DVD player
3) I have no access to Task Manager. Instead, a box pops up that says
"Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator"
4) The computer plays horrible music that I cannot stop.
5) I cannot access the Display Control panel (i.e., when I right-click on
the desktop) -- the computer tells me that this has been disabled by the
administrator. So I cannot change the desktop or the screen saver - both
of which are under the control of the malware. (The desktop now consists
of a blue screen and a box in the center that says "Warning! Spyware
Detected on your Computer! Install and Antivirus or spyware remover to
clean your computer"
6) The time display at the bottom-right corner says "19:42: VIRUS ALERT!"
and I cannot change this either, though I can open Time and Date
Properties dialog box.
7) There are probably other things I have not discovered yet.

Someone, please help me!

Mordechai Housman



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