Task Manager closes; can't view event details

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Jeff Hill

I have two symptoms on a Win2K system that may be related.

First, when I attempt to display task manager (to view
processes), the window opens but closes after 2-3 seconds.

Second, when I double-click en event in event viewer (to
view the details), I get a really quick hourglass, but
the detail window never appears.

Has anyone seen this behavior, and is there a fix for it?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
Run a virus scan. There are known viruses that close the task manager in
the way that you describe.

Ray at work
 
Ray,
His machine had the most current NAV definitions, and we
did a scan and didn't find anything. There was an
attachment quarantined about a week ago with Blaster, so
his NAV appears to be working. Of course, it could be a
new variant not detected by the current definitions.

What about the event viewer problem? Are there any known
viruses that have that behavior too?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
You have a virus. I had the same thing. Nasty one this. Here's what I
did, You can try it. Good luck.

Do This : (YMMV)

1. Copy taskmgr.exe and regedit.exe to MY Documents
]
2. RENAME them taskmgr.COM and regedit.COM

3. RUN Taskmgr.COM. it should work ok now.

4. IN Proceeses, find Winlodr.scr (or something like that) and KILL
IT.

5. in c:\winnt\system32 find winlodr.scr and DELETE it.

6. EMPTY the recyle bin Right Away.

7. Run Regedit

8 find and DELETE all keys that reference winlodr.scr

9 Reboot.

10 do the ctrl-alt.del thing and make sure regular Task manager works
ok

This is a bad virus. it got thru my firewall and past norton antivirus
2003.(with liveupdate enabled, all that latest, etc, etc)

good luck
Carl
(e-mail address removed)
PS let me know how itworks out.
 
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