Task Manager

[Scott]

My task manager either will not open, or open for two
seconds and close. I've tried ctrl-alt-del and right
clicking the task bar, 10% of the time the task manager
will open, only to close as soon as I move my mouse
towards it. help

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Scott,

That is a symptom of the Klez virus. If you are running WinXP Pro, you =
can confirm it by running TASKLIST from a cmd prompt. If one starts with =
"wink...", then you have it. Otherwise, update your AV software and run =
a full system scan. These pages can help:

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http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=3DWORM_KLE=
Z.G
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/klez.shtml
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99367.htm
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32klezg.html
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=3D99455
http://www.kav.ch/avpve/worms/email/klez.stm

Klez removal tool:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.removal.=
tool.html

Security update to protect against this vulnerability:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/technet/secu=
rity/bulletin/MS01-020.asp

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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
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Scott" > wrote in message =
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> My task manager either will not open, or open for two=20
> seconds and close. I've tried ctrl-alt-del and right=20
> clicking the task bar, 10% of the time the task manager=20
> will open, only to close as soon as I move my mouse=20
> towards it. help

[Scott]

Thank you very much, that solved everything!!!!!!!!!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Scott,
>
>That is a symptom of the Klez virus. If you are running
WinXP Pro, you can confirm it by running TASKLIST from a
cmd prompt. If one starts with "wink...", then you have
it. Otherwise, update your AV software and run a full
system scan. These pages can help:
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w

>http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?
VName=WORM_KLEZ.G
>http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/klez.shtml
>http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99367.htm
>http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32klezg.html
>http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99455
>http://www.kav.ch/avpve/worms/email/klez.stm
>
>Klez removal tool:
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w
32.klez.removal.tool.html
>
>Security update to protect against this vulnerability:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp
>
>--
>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
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Scott" > wrote in message
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>> My task manager either will not open, or open for two
>> seconds and close. I've tried ctrl-alt-del and right
>> clicking the task bar, 10% of the time the task
manager
>> will open, only to close as soon as I move my mouse
>> towards it. help
>.
>