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?

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Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)

"Rob" > wrote in message
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> I hit Control - Alt - Delete , and nothing happens. Any
> help would be much appreciated.

[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
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"Rob" > wrote in message
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> I hit Control - Alt - Delete , and nothing happens. Any
> help would be much appreciated.

[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
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"Rob" > wrote in message
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> I hit Control - Alt - Delete , and nothing happens. Any
> help would be much appreciated.

[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

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"Rob" > wrote in message
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> I hit Control - Alt - Delete , and nothing happens. Any
> help would be much appreciated.

[Rob]

Thanks for your help. I followed all the suggestions
but still can't get rid of the darn thing. Seems the
virus definitions only pertain if you are using Norton.
I am using eTrust AntiVirus that I got off of OTG Web. I
disabled System Restore, but that was about as far as I
could get. Would appreciate any further suggestions.

Rob
>-----Original Message-----
>You are infected with the W32 Spybot worm.
>Info on removing Spybot at:
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w
32.spybot.worm.html
>
>--
>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 - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
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