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Edit Registry from DOS
Hi All,
I am attempting to recover from a Spyware install. I've removed the Spyware installation and most registry entries, however, I couldn't remove the most important one until the file was gone. To only way to remove the software was to boot into DOS and del ete the file from there since the way it was being loaded was through the WinLogon process. The problem I have now is that even though the spyware is gone, I can't remove the entry out of the registry, because my system will no longer boot. In it's current state, when the system boots, it looks for the spyware file during the winlogon process, b ut since it can't find it anymore, the winlogon process blue screens. Before the spyware software was removed, I was unable to delete the entry in the registry, since every time I deleted the registry entry for the spyware, it would re-enter itself. (It had a hook into the explorer.exe process). I am now trying to copy the registry from this system to another one so that I can edit it and remove the corrupt entry. I don't know what files the registry consists of, so I was wondering if you could point me to the correct files. As an alternative, if any of you are aware of DOS tools I can use to edit the registry, I would also be willing to try that. Note that the entries in the registry for the Spyware are preceeded by a null character, so regular registry tools will not even s ee the entries. I had a heck of a time figuring this out, since essentially the spyware put a null character entry in front of the entire WinLogon registry node. Normal registry tools use the Win32 API, which ignores anything after a null character. In other words, the entire WinLogon registry node in this case. At any rate, any suggestions to edit the registry in a non Windows mode, or by copying it to another computer, would be highly appreciated. My understanding is that the spyware was a variation of the VX2 Better Internet software. Nasty stuff to get rid o f, or even find. Your help is much appreciated! Steve. |
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Edit Registry from DOS
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens] -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "snewbury" wrote in message: ... | Hi All, | | I am attempting to recover from a Spyware install. I've removed the Spyware installation and most registry entries, however, I couldn't remove the most important one until the file was gone. To only way to remove the software was to boot into DOS and delete the file from there since the way it was being loaded was through the WinLogon process. | | The problem I have now is that even though the spyware is gone, I can't remove the entry out of the registry, because my system will no longer boot. In it's current state, when the system boots, it looks for the spyware file during the winlogon process, but since it can't find it anymore, the winlogon process blue screens. | | Before the spyware software was removed, I was unable to delete the entry in the registry, since every time I deleted the registry entry for the spyware, it would re-enter itself. (It had a hook into the explorer.exe process). | | I am now trying to copy the registry from this system to another one so that I can edit it and remove the corrupt entry. I don't know what files the registry consists of, so I was wondering if you could point me to the correct files. | | As an alternative, if any of you are aware of DOS tools I can use to edit the registry, I would also be willing to try that. Note that the entries in the registry for the Spyware are preceeded by a null character, so regular registry tools will not even see the entries. I had a heck of a time figuring this out, since essentially the spyware put a null character entry in front of the entire WinLogon registry node. Normal registry tools use the Win32 API, which ignores anything after a null character. In other words, the entire WinLogon registry node in this case. | | At any rate, any suggestions to edit the registry in a non Windows mode, or by copying it to another computer, would be highly appreciated. My understanding is that the spyware was a variation of the VX2 Better Internet software. Nasty stuff to get rid of, or even find. | | Your help is much appreciated! | | Steve. |
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Check whether MSGINA.DLL (a likely target) is missing or not authentic.
The registry files are those with no extension (e.g., "software") in System32\config. In addition, each user has an NTUSER.DAT in his profile directory. On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:03:05 -0700, "snewbury" wrote: Hi All, I am attempting to recover from a Spyware install. I've removed the Spyware installation and most registry entries, however, I couldn't remove the most important one until the file was gone. To only way to remove the software was to boot into DOS and de lete the file from there since the way it was being loaded was through the WinLogon process. The problem I have now is that even though the spyware is gone, I can't remove the entry out of the registry, because my system will no longer boot. In it's current state, when the system boots, it looks for the spyware file during the winlogon process, but since it can't find it anymore, the winlogon process blue screens. Before the spyware software was removed, I was unable to delete the entry in the registry, since every time I deleted the registry entry for the spyware, it would re-enter itself. (It had a hook into the explorer.exe process). I am now trying to copy the registry from this system to another one so that I can edit it and remove the corrupt entry. I don't know what files the registry consists of, so I was wondering if you could point me to the correct files. As an alternative, if any of you are aware of DOS tools I can use to edit the registry, I would also be willing to try that. Note that the entries in the registry for the Spyware are preceeded by a null character, so regular registry tools will not even see the entries. I had a heck of a time figuring this out, since essentially the spyware put a null character entry in front of the entire WinLogon registry node. Normal registry tools use the Win32 API, which ignores anything after a null character. In other words, the entire WinLogon registry node in this case. At any rate, any suggestions to edit the registry in a non Windows mode, or by copying it to another computer, would be highly appreciated. My understanding is that the spyware was a variation of the VX2 Better Internet software. Nasty stuff to get rid of, or even find. Your help is much appreciated! Steve. -- - Vince |
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Steve,
This could have been resolved without all of this,especially from spyware. I have no idea which steps you took nor which keys you are speaking of, because of all, you didn't state the most important facts. In the meantime: Recover from a Corrupted Registry Preventing Win XP from Starting http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307545 Recovering XP using the Recovery Console (Line 333) right hand side http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "snewbury" wrote in message ... Hi All, I am attempting to recover from a Spyware install. I've removed the Spyware installation and most registry entries, however, I couldn't remove the most important one until the file was gone. To only way to remove the software was to boot into DOS and delete the file from there since the way it was being loaded was through the WinLogon process. The problem I have now is that even though the spyware is gone, I can't remove the entry out of the registry, because my system will no longer boot. In it's current state, when the system boots, it looks for the spyware file during the winlogon process, but since it can't find it anymore, the winlogon process blue screens. Before the spyware software was removed, I was unable to delete the entry in the registry, since every time I deleted the registry entry for the spyware, it would re-enter itself. (It had a hook into the explorer.exe process). I am now trying to copy the registry from this system to another one so that I can edit it and remove the corrupt entry. I don't know what files the registry consists of, so I was wondering if you could point me to the correct files. As an alternative, if any of you are aware of DOS tools I can use to edit the registry, I would also be willing to try that. Note that the entries in the registry for the Spyware are preceeded by a null character, so regular registry tools will not even see the entries. I had a heck of a time figuring this out, since essentially the spyware put a null character entry in front of the entire WinLogon registry node. Normal registry tools use the Win32 API, which ignores anything after a null character. In other words, the entire WinLogon registry node in this case. At any rate, any suggestions to edit the registry in a non Windows mode, or by copying it to another computer, would be highly appreciated. My understanding is that the spyware was a variation of the VX2 Better Internet software. Nasty stuff to get rid of, or even find. Your help is much appreciated! Steve. |
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