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There should be another registry editor in your system directory. May be it
is not corrupted and will let you find and correct some errors in the
registry. I have "regedt32.exe" in my WINNT\system32\ folder. It can do the
same job as "regedit.exe".
Andrey
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Colin" <david_colin@xxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 6:48 AM
Subject: Off topic - possible virus
> Hi List,
>
> Please excuse this off topic post. I have been experienceing the
following
> problem: task manager appears when pressing ctrl+alt+del but then
disappears
> after half a second. I did a web search for "task manger disappears" and
> found the following exchange on some forum or other:
>
> Q: my task manager displays for one to two seconds, and then disappears. i
> dont know how to keep it on screen. it is bugging me. any suggestions?
>
> A: Odds are that you have the W32.Klez virus. Go visit Symantec's website
> for removal instructions and a free removal tool. Have fun.
> (Some of the other symptoms of this virus are that regedit.exe won't open
> and you can't do a live update with Norton Anti-Virus.)
>
> I tried running regedit and sure enough it would not run. I downloaded
and
> ran Symantec's KLEZ removal tool but it said my computer was NOT infected
> with the KLEZ virus. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?
>
> Thanks for your help and once again sorry for the off topic post but you
> guys are a pretty savvy bunch when it comes to technical problems...
>
> David
>
> PS If someone can recommend another more secure e-mail program, I am tired
> of lookout express.
>
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