win32.nstask.exe

[sarah]

Mine is infected. Does anyone know what it is/does? Can
I delete it without harm? Right now it is quarantined
and windows tells me it can't find it on boot up. Can I
replace/repair that one file without reinstalling xp???

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Delete it, its a virus file. You DO NOT want it back. Then click Start, Run
and enter REGEDIT

Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

Look in the right pane for the value that is referencing this virus and
right click it and select Delete. If the error continues when you start XP,
open REGEDIT again and highlight the Current User branch. Then go to Edit,
Find and search for NSTASK32.EXE Any time an entry is found, right click
on that value and select Delete.

One exception: In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon there is a value called Shell. It should read
Explorer.exe Sometimes, virus files will append themselves to this value.
Example: "Explorer.exe nstask32.exe". If you find this type of entry in
the Shell value, right click it and select Modify, and make it read
"Explorer.exe", without the quotes.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"sarah" > wrote in message
...
> Mine is infected. Does anyone know what it is/does? Can
> I delete it without harm? Right now it is quarantined
> and windows tells me it can't find it on boot up. Can I
> replace/repair that one file without reinstalling xp???