Re: hijacked View Source

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From: H Leboeuf (NoAddress_at_generation.invalid)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:46:13 -0400

If you have Windows 98 just run SFC.EXE and let it extract the notepad.exe
file.

System File Checker explained
...hopefully in layman's terms.
http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/sfc.htm 

-- 
I changed by Notepad to this a long time ago. Try it.
Notepad+
Roger Meurs' outstanding freeware replacement for the Windows Notepad
program, with many more features -- and without Notepad's limitations!
http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/
Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
"Ivo" <nomail@thank.you> wrote in message
news:e%23l9LmkVEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> "H Leboeuf" wrote
> > "Ivo" wrote
> > > "Don Varnau" wrote
> > > > Run msconfig. On the general tab, click on Extract File. "Restore
from
> > > > is C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS. "Save file in"... I would save it to
TEMP
> > > > or another directory, delete the corrupt files, then move
notepad.exe
> > > > to C:\WINDOWS
> > >
> > > Thank you, but which file in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS do I select? None
> > > of the names, like NET3.CAB and WIN_10.CAB, suggest they contain
> > > Notepad.
> > > By the way, my Windows Media Player is also corrupt.
> > > Ivo
>
> > Check this out this is probably the virus.
> > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.rusty@m.html
>
> Thank you, but I don't use Outlook and noneof the listed files are on my
> machine.
>
> > And read this: "So how did I get infected in the first place?"
> > http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=3051
>
> That 's always helpful, but I still don't know how to get Notepad back!
> Still stuck in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS...
> Thanks
> Ivo
>
>
>
>
>

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