L Leo Aug 22, 2003 #1 This week my computer got infected with a worm callde Spybot. Does anybody know how to get rid of this. Thanks
This week my computer got infected with a worm callde Spybot. Does anybody know how to get rid of this. Thanks
L Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) Aug 22, 2003 #2 Info on removing Spybot at: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Special thanks go to Doug Knox MS-MVP for the following workaround: Do the following: Click Start, Run and enter CMD to open a Command Prompt window. Then copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window. COPY %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr.exe %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr1.exe COPY %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.EXE %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.COM COPY %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG1.EXE Then you can use the new file names to get into these utilities to use them to help your troubleshooting. -- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone -
Info on removing Spybot at: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Special thanks go to Doug Knox MS-MVP for the following workaround: Do the following: Click Start, Run and enter CMD to open a Command Prompt window. Then copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window. COPY %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr.exe %WINDIR%\System32\Taskmgr1.exe COPY %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.EXE %WINDIR%\REGEDIT.COM COPY %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE %WINDIR%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSCONFIG1.EXE Then you can use the new file names to get into these utilities to use them to help your troubleshooting. -- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone -
