XP Task Manager Won't Open

[Rob]

I hit Control - Alt - Delete , and nothing happens. Any
help would be much appreciated.

 

[Matt Coy]

Hi Rob,

Does the task manager open if you right click on the taskbar and choose Task
Manager?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Rob,

Start/run cmd, from the prompt, run this:

copy %windir%\system32\taskmgr.exe %windir%\system32\taskmgr1.exe

Close the command prompt, then start/run taskmgr1.exe to open Task Manager.

Then try to locate the virus that's on your system and remove it. Both Klez
and Yaha can cause this behavior.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\)]

You are infected with the W32 Spybot worm.
Info on removing Spybot at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html

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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 -

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

In addition to the other advice,

Two utilities that will help you disinfect your system:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm