Task Manager Fails

  • Thread starter Thread starter carlgio
  • Start date Start date
C

carlgio

When i hit Ctrl-Alt_del and select Task Manager, it
appears briefly on the screen, the closes.
IT is only active for a couple of seconds. I can't imagine
what's wrong, but i suspect that some rogue program may
have messed up my system.

Does anyone have any idea why this happens? Norton
Antivirus says there's no virus on my system, and no
Firewall violations.

but WHY does task manager exit every time i try to run it?

Thanks
carl
 
Greetings --

Are you sure that your NAV virus definitions are current?

This behavior is a common symptom of more than one virus/worm, the
three below being the most common:

W32.Klez
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Yaha
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Hi Bruce,

Yes..my virus definitions are up to date. My subscription with
Symantec is good till 2004. And i run Live Update all the time.

I have already tried the W32.Klex tool. Shut down, restarted in Safe
Mode, ran the tool..and it reported that there was no virus on my
system.


I guess i should have been happy, but Task Manager still won't stay on
the screen for more than 2 seconds.

oh..is there a Windows command to display running processes from a
command line? Something similar to the Unix ps -e comamnd? Thanks

BTW I'm running Win2000 Pro SP4.

any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Carl
 
Here's how i fixed it:

Give it a try. hope it helps, as always, 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.

good luck
Carl
(e-mail address removed)
 
Back
Top