Disapearing boxes

[bacha]

When I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del the box appears for a second and
then dissapears! The same thing happens when I try to run
regedit. It appears for 2 seconds and then goes.

 

[Sharon F]

When I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del the box appears for a second and
then dissapears! The same thing happens when I try to run
regedit. It appears for 2 seconds and then goes.

Many viruses, worms, and similar malware will block the running of
MSCONFIG, Task Manager and the Registry Editor -thus making the removal of
the intrusion more difficult. Since the system tools are blocked by name,
renaming their executables is a workaround. Example: Rename regedit.exe to
regedit.com

Or you can run the tool created by MVP Doug Knox that creates a "backup
set" of those three programs for you:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm