Help new virus changed desktop and disabled task manager

Press on " Accept ". After reading the contents. Now Kaspersky will update the anti-virus database. Let it run. And check both the scan options. Then click OK. Then click on " My Computer ". And the scan will start. When the scan is complete Select "Save error report as" Then in the file name just type in kaspersky Under "save as type" select text.

Copy and post the results of the Kaspersky Online scan. Rerun Killbox 1 Double Click Killbox. Let me see one more fresh Hijackthis log and in your reply give me an update on how your PC is running. The toolbar is gone as is the warning that i mentioned.

Task manager still wont open. Let's see if we can get that taken care of 1. But do not run it yet. Reboot into Safe Mode This can be done by Restart your PC, and after it starts, but before you see the Windows Splash screen Begin tapping the F8 key twice a second untill you reach another menu screen black background with white menu choices Use your arrow keys and select Safe Mode and then Enter 3. Zip file to unzip it. Post Reply.

Top Contributor. Doubleclick on the HJTsetup. Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Addition Tasks dialogue. Put a check by Create a desktop icon then click Next again. Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there. At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch Hijack This. Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.

Come back here to this thread and Attach the log in txt format your next reply. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required. And make sure to attach the combofix log in your next reply.

Yeah, a HJT log would be a good idea too Again, Safe Mode with Networking is your best bet there. Just about any up-to-date virus scanner also scans for malware. It's definitely worth running someting like Spybot though, to supplement your virus scanner. First of all thank you Rick for your post. I had the same problem as darkagess posted on , start menu was modified I only had access to few programs, and at the tray had a virus alert.

I follow your steps to Download Combo Fix and apparently worked. Once I had control of start menu and virus alert removed and fx the clock at bottom tray run mcaffe and this is what it found "RemAdm.

I removed it also on the C drive created this folders QooBox, Boot. Thank you again for Your help. PS by the way Im new in this forum I hope I'm posting this info in the right place. I tried to post the text log after running the ComboFix but got a message that it was too long to post. Even I too have the same problem Hi, I have the similar issue and wanted to submit my hijacthis. Can I submit it here?

After restart in normal mode wait about 20 min or more. Save and extract this program to the desktop. This can be fixed by either logging on as an admin, or create a VB Script to delete or modify the reg key this should circumvent the admin policy yes scary that it can be done so easily.

Leo, Thanks for the great article. I got taskmanger back now its time for a virus scan. I have got windows xp and have tried service. Thanks For This. I downloaded Super AntiSpyware, ran a scan and it found it instantly and got rid of it. Awesome program! When I did the thing in gpedit. Either way my problem was solved. How you splve that problem. Also when i run safe using F8 it starts nicely but suddenly collapse. Could you help me to solve it and what cause it.

That worked for me after having the ominous Auth To remove the file, I started in safe mode, opened a command prompt and renamed all exe files in the temp directory to filename. What to do..? OMG… thank you very much… its been weeks since Task Manager was Enabled, whenever something freezes, I could not get rid of it. This means a lot..

That is as far as I can get. For many people I have found out that if their task manager has been disabled most likely by a virus, the regedit has also been disabled, if this is your case do a system restore to a few days back, I did it and it worked as the restore points save registry settings.

My task manager came back but disabled immediately, there is an autorun that does that how do I delete this autorun since I cant boot the comp in safe mode. I used all the options that you mintioned but all the tries failed so do I have a virus? Running these two commands from the command prompt would solve the problem.

Right clicked on clock and Task Manager was not grayed out, but still could not access. Followed regedit instructructions, but file mentioned was not present. The methods in the article above failed to work, tho. My task manager will not work either. But, my problem is that any.

I used google to find a solution and still have nothing. Please help. It didnt work for me. I am using Win XP Pro. Click Start, and then click Run. Type taskmgr. This worked. I ran a full scan 10 hours and now all is well. I have a new microsoft keyboard. I am a fumbling old man, I drop things, I recently dropped a stapler on the ScrnLk key and was suitably amazed by the result.

I tried your solution and followed the steps given above. I have windows xp installed on my laptop. When i tried regedit…it displays that registry edit has been disabled by administrator…this is pestering me..

Everybody who is saying that registry editing was also disabled by your administrator. Search up how to fix that. Then when you fix it. And when you find disable task manager and disable registory editing delete both of them and they will work fine.

I had a virus and after updating my Antivirus software and running a scan, my Task Manager was still disabled. I followed your steps for non XP users I have Vista and all is perfect now. I am much grateful for your guidance. I have windows xp installed on my Dell Cpu. Hi I am using windows 7 and i got the same problem. I cannot open the regedit also.. It is also disabled… Can you help me to overcome with this problem..

I tried to run gedit. My Mcfee shows disabled too.. Pls help to solve my problem. I have been battling with this problem for a while now,but now am free.

Once again thanks alot. I know I did not disable my task bar and It is true that I was tricked into running an exe file that I downloaded from online. It did not seem to do anything when I ran it except that I got a message saying it did not install properly.

I am pretty sure it planted virus. Can you tell me how dangerous is this virus?? I seems to have made my computer running slow and some of the basic functionality is lost after the attack.

I am running the scan as we speak but it is taking too long to finish the scan this is not normal. I have Win XP Pro, sp3, have ran scans for viruses and malware, all of which come back normal. Very frustrating. Any idea why this may be happening? Thanks Leo. I feel like such a dunce.. I apologize for the confusion right there, I should have ended that sentence with a period, not a comma. Like I said in my original post, Task Manager is not grayed out. Was disabled by a virus through an incoming email.

THX a Million. And my monitor turned yellow, and it displays a message saying self diagnostic, no signal , check signal cable.. And yes i tried to run malware bytes software and i performed full scan but it found around virues and i downloaded avast too but its not allowing me to run…pleasee help.

I know u will help for sure.. Then use his second help and do the Eidt on the Registry:. It worked for me. I was hit tonight with some Anti-Virus Software thing. I renamed the files and threw them into my! Killbox folder. The System Restore attempt re-started the system, so the files could be deleted from!

There was a. Leo Rocks! Thank you thank you so much!!! Perfect solution and easy to follow. Thank you so much for showing me how to solve this problem. Thanks so much Leo. Your solution to my problem worked beautifully, although there was a slight difference from your directions. So when I opened this option, I just changed it to Disabled. After that, my Task Manager was accessible again.

I mean when I disabled the settings in gpedit. I tried to open the regedit but same message I get. It was disabled by the administrator. I need help. Emran When the Regedit is disabled, it is often a symptom of a virus. Please, help me. I can now open task manager, but when I open it, it just scrolls through my processes really fast and they disappear. I need help, as I need to use my task manager. Same problem is occured while opening the task manager, In my computer Anti Virus scaning is not being performed and virus prevent any set up operation.

Is is be cleaned by registry cleaner software. All is fine now. Leo, this worked a treat. I am so happy with MSE. The best part is that it was free. This will now be my first point of contact when my computer behaves strangely. Thanks heaps. It seems the virus or whatever prevented many sections of the registry from appearing. Solved the problem though — excelent advice from Leo.

Thank you for your post leo. I do have the same problem but I am using windows 7 home premium and cannot find the gedit. Please help me. Rose the command is gpedit. It is only available in Windows Professional and higher. Thx Man, on win7 all you need 2 do is enable the task manager here: gpedit.

I have windows 7 64 bit on my Asus laptop. When i run regedit it displays that registry editor has been disabled by administrator. Thanx Alooot Y r fantastic thanks again and again and again for your simple and easy help god bless you. I have done what you have said and nothing works.

I have windows xp my task manager is just not on my pc ,it is grayed out and it is not listed on my registry editor is. I do not have a virus as my bell aliant security is run every night. Is there anything else I can try thank you. I have same problem my task manage and registry editor is not display. I install fresh window but same problem occured. Please provide the permanent solution for that. What Security Software do you recommend? I have tried the things on this page but none of them got my task manager to work.

Any suggestions please and thank you. Thank you Sir. This was most helpful. Sorry for my bad English. Hi, im using wondows 7 starter, i scanned for virusess but there were non. Leo called it a Task Manager on steroids.

I also have a problem with my task manager. It is telling me it is not available. Now what can I do? I only have 3 listed and those are: ActiveDesktop, Explorer, and Ext. I reloaded XP, but did not carry out more than a day of updates. I am aware that there are numerous faults in my Registry files. Maybe you could also suggest the best way to remedy that. I can remove this L. Thanks, William.

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Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Thanks, you are the only guy that give solution to my problem, as soon as i download the taskmanager fix it automatically fix the task manager and enable it at once, Thanks Reply. Thanks Reggie Reply. HiLeo, Im again.

If any advice for me, great thank you again,,, your site is very good Reply. Good stuff, as always Leo. The help is appreciated. Because i tried that and didnt work, what do i put in? N Reply. Actually ur system is affected with new folder. This guide helped me a lot thanks. You were running without anti-virus protection? My guess is that your system is messed up pretty bad. Yes, we could spend a lot of time trying various approached, but … in reality, a reformat and reinstall will at this point likely be much quicker.

Hey guys, My system was infected by virus virus IM-Worm. Method 3 helped me recover my problems well… Thanx a lot guys for the work. Watch out for WindowsXP Police. Kindly suggest a way out… Reply. Task manager is back Thanks for your help Reply. How do i fix it, virus is removed i believe… thanks leo Reply.

Thanks in advance Reply. Thanks a lot Reply. Janice in Florida Reply. Your machine is likely still infected with the virus that caused the problem in the first place. Try running an up-to-date virus scan, perhaps after booting into safe mode. Both Task manager and Regedit has been disabled… I am the One and only user of it… gpedit.

The Task manager is enabled and disabled within a minute. BUT, still appearing that. I cannot run regedit??? Any ideas. Thanks alot, I have done it but I made some slight changes to your procedure… Instead of selecting Not Configure option in gpedit. Thanks John Reply.

Thank you so much i got my task manager back and up anad running Reply. Thanks for making this easy to find!

But the damage of not being able to run Task Manager was still here until I found this article. And then I could see nothing strage was running. Or so I think at this point! Thanks again! Very helpful, instructions were clear and coherent and it fixed the problem straight away!

Thanks very much! It was very easy to follow and worked like a charm! When this problem occured earlier I reinstalled my os.