REGEDIT DISAPPEARS

[Leonard]

It appears that a file named BETA.EXE was the culprit. It
identified itself as a winsock. I deleted all references
form the registry and, at least for now, see no adverse
behavior. alt-ctl-del works as advertised.

I SUBJECTED MY SYSTEM TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL AND
ON-LINE VIRUS SCANNERS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC CLEANING TOOLS
FOR THE SUSPECTED VIRUSES. NO VIRUS WAS EVER FOUND AND A
SCAN OF THE FILE "BETA.EXE" ALSO PRODUCED A CLEAN REPORT.





>-----Original Message-----
>When I attempt to access REGEDIT, from RUN or from the
>command prompt, the regedit dialog window flashes on
>screen and immediately disappears. Same for CTL-ALT-DEL
>display.
>
>I'm running XP Home, newly installed on a fresh HDD on a
>new P4 system. I'm logged as system administrator; Up-to-
>date Norton virus-scan reports no problems.
>
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