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post #1 of 6
10/12/04 at 1:05am
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alright today things got ugly with my computer and a virus... it seems to be running better now, but windows task manager will not stay up for the life of me... it will come up for about 2 seconds and leave... any ideas?
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post #2 of 6
10/12/04 at 5:51am

Try These Clean Up Instructions

I thing you still have a virus on your system.
What antivirus scanner are you using?
I find F-Prot catches every that comes in, have you got upto date virus signature files installed?
Sounds like a virus W32.Spybot.worm.gen SEE iif one of those worm cleanup exe files from mircosoft or Ssymantec.com CANclean and fix your problem. Remember to turn OFF your restore point if this is on as more offten a virus will also be in your backup files.

Try the following below¬


The file resides in the Windows/System32 folder and can be named anything and with almost any file extension. There is no common nomenclature. Here is how you can find out what file is executing the process:
Navigate to ../Windows/System32 folder and copy TASKMGR.EXE to your Desktop
From the ../Windows/System32 folder, rename TASKMGR.EXE to MGRTASK.EXE
Run MGRTASK.exe
Now you can run your task manager and see what processes are running in the background.
If there is a process running that you don't recognize, KILL IT by highlighting the process and clicking on [End Process].
If you think you killed the right process, try running REGEDIT (Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT and press [Enter]). If REGEDIT opens, then you know you have isolated the right file. If it doesn't open, repeat Steps 3 through 5 until you do find the right file.
Once you have determined the file name, navigate back to the ../Windows/System32 folder and delete that file.
Copy TASKMGR.EXE back to your Windows/system32 folder and delete MGRTASK.EXE (at this point all of your programs will function again including REGEDIT, MSCONFIG, TASKMGR.EXE).
Launch MSCONFIG (Click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG and press [Enter]). Look at your startup programs. If you find your file name there, then you will need to delete it from the registry (Click Start, Run, type REGEDIT and press [Enter]). The key is located at HKeyLocalMachine/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENT VERSION/RUN

Be careful because there may be more than one instance of the worm. Once you located the original file, look for other files with the exact same date and time stamp as potential copycats. Unfortunately, its hard to track some processes considering the complexity behind 'morphing', 'camelianizing' files coupled with the multi-threaded processing, so don't get too ticked off at your Anti-Virus vendor yet.
Also, check your Startup folder for an instance of WebDave.exe or TCP???? (no file extension). These files are indicative that you have been hacked!


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post #3 of 6
10/12/04 at 3:46pm
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ok, i tried this but just like control alt delete, the program closes
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post #4 of 6
10/12/04 at 6:45pm

Try to REPAIR WINDOWS XP

Well if you antivirus is not picking up anything and you did the above you may want to try and Repair your WindowsDisable all your startup apps before doing this Repair (mind you I have never disabled any of my startup apps when under going a repair)
As always make a backup and/or restore point. You'll need you XP CD and
Follow this guide

Have you serial/product key near by also.

Method 2: Reinstall Windows XP by starting your computer from the Windows XP CD
To reinstall Windows XP by starting your computer from the Windows XP CD, follow these steps:
1.Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.
2.When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Note Your computer must be configured to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. For more information about how to configure your computer to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, see your computer's documentation or contact your computer manufacturer.
3.You receive the following message on the Welcome to Setup screen that appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.
4.On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the license agreement.
5.Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.
6.Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to reinstall Windows XP. After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of Windows XP.

or a direct link on how to just incase is http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315341

At the moment can't think of anything else which may cause this problem sorry..
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post #5 of 6
10/12/04 at 7:47pm
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thanks for the replys
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post #6 of 6
10/13/04 at 5:17am
No problem.
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