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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
In the Registry there is a few places I have seen this and I know it not
right. But I do not know how to change it to it right name %SystemRoot%. I find this in the bitt and winupdate. When I try to edit Image path it tell me I can't. So can one point mr it where I can learn how to edit it to make it right. Windows XP SP3. |
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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
On 02/24/2009 10:57 PM, Richard aka:finder sent:
In the Registry there is a few places I have seen this and I know it not right. But I do not know how to change it to it right name %SystemRoot%. I find this in the bitt and winupdate. When I try to edit Image path it tell me I can't. So can one point mr it where I can learn how to edit it to make it right. Windows XP SP3. http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11558&mode=linear Your system is likely infected with malware. Have you checked using scans with good antimalware recently? If not, consider downloading, installing, updating and running the freeware version of MBAM: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Please update this thread with your progress. Pete -- 1PW @?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@ [r4o7t] |
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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:57:01 -0800, Richard aka:finder
wrote: In the Registry there is a few places I have seen this and I know it not right. But I do not know how to change it to it right name %SystemRoot%. I find this in the bitt and winupdate. When I try to edit Image path it tell me I can't. So can one point mr it where I can learn how to edit it to make it right. Windows XP SP3. Run your a/v program . |
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Richard your post is , at least to me, confusing. Exactly what is the
problem. You mention %SystemRoot% - the terms "%" function as a placeholder referring to whatever file/folder is functioning as System Root - default for a Windows installation is C:\Windows. "Richard aka:finder" wrote in message ... In the Registry there is a few places I have seen this and I know it not right. But I do not know how to change it to it right name %SystemRoot%. I find this in the bitt and winupdate. When I try to edit Image path it tell me I can't. So can one point mr it where I can learn how to edit it to make it right. Windows XP SP3. |
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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
Don I have a feww places in the reg that show %f and not %s for the word
system. as for running melware. I think I have run more of it then it than anyone has. None of it show anything. At frist I pick up some adware and cookies and one mid trogan. All is gone and I can still see the %F and I am not able to upgade on Microsoft site. "don morell" wrote: Richard your post is , at least to me, confusing. Exactly what is the problem. You mention %SystemRoot% - the terms "%" function as a placeholder referring to whatever file/folder is functioning as System Root - default for a Windows installation is C:\Windows. "Richard aka:finder" wrote in message ... In the Registry there is a few places I have seen this and I know it not right. But I do not know how to change it to it right name %SystemRoot%. I find this in the bitt and winupdate. When I try to edit Image path it tell me I can't. So can one point mr it where I can learn how to edit it to make it right. Windows XP SP3. |
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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
On 02/25/2009 12:55 PM, don morell sent:
Richard your post is , at least to me, confusing. Exactly what is the problem. You mention %SystemRoot% - the terms "%" function as a placeholder referring to whatever file/folder is functioning as System Root - default for a Windows installation is C:\Windows. Hello Don: At a quick glance one might think that the poster mistyped the Subject: "%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix" However %fystemRoot% *IS* the problem and indicates malware infestation. http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11558 We await the OP's reply to see what has happened since. Pete -- 1PW @?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@ [r4o7t] |
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On 02/25/2009 03:45 PM, Richard aka:finder sent:
Don I have a few places in the reg that show %f and not %s for the word system. as for running malware. I think I have run more of it then it than anyone has. None of it show anything. At first I pick up some adware and cookies and one mid trojan. All is gone and I can still see the %F and I am not able to upgrade on Microsoft site. Hello Richard: Please reply with *exactly* what antimalware you have used. Please carefully identify the trojan that was found. What is the exact version of XP? Home, Pro, MCE??? Thank you. Pete -- 1PW @?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@ [r4o7t] |
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%fystemRoot% Need to get this fix
Here is the info you asked for: OS
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600 Processor x86 Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 3 AuthenticAMD ~3216 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS M2N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0801, 4/25/2007 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB Antimelware spybotsd162 no tea time and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Anti spy/virus McAfee Internet security Sute trojan found HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\services (Trojan.Agent) - Quarantined and deleted successfully. ************************************************** ********************* "1PW" wrote: On 02/25/2009 03:45 PM, Richard aka:finder sent: Don I have a few places in the reg that show %f and not %s for the word system. as for running malware. I think I have run more of it then it than anyone has. None of it show anything. At first I pick up some adware and cookies and one mid trojan. All is gone and I can still see the %F and I am not able to upgrade on Microsoft site. Hello Richard: Please reply with *exactly* what antimalware you have used. Please carefully identify the trojan that was found. What is the exact version of XP? Home, Pro, MCE??? Thank you. Pete -- 1PW @?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@ [r4o7t] |
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Just experienced this same problem...My customer got hit with all kinds of viruses, malware, spyware..to the point where only the wallpaper loaded...I ran a repair install of XP and it brought everything back to normal (but only on the surface). I couldn't run any updates... serveral days of research and recommended fixes produced nothing...I ran symantec and Malwarebytes more than several times...It seamed clean but then I couldn't run Windows Updates or get symantec to update... then symantec wouldn't reinstall...I thought all was lost...then someone suggested running RootRepeal and then SuperAntSpyware. 'Bingo'... SuperAntiSpyware cleaned out a bunch of stuff and allowed me to reset the Admins permissions in the registry and then Modify the %systemRoot% values...I ran a complete registry search for any other %fystemroot% values and changed them...and all held fast....I was then able to restart the BITS and Auto updates...Systems are now running normal and updates are now loading. -- jwconklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jwconklin's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/94938.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x...rt/1129836.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Well - not really - it was responded to on a forum instead of in the newsgroups In my response you will find a link to the entire conversation DJohnG wrote: Thanks to those people who have contributed to this solution in regard to fixing Windows Automatic Updates. You can go through all the MS solutions you want but you will not find this. It is as stated, caused by malware that renames registry entries. After cleaning out the malware with the various available methods: SpyBot S&D, MalwareBytes, Superantispyware and as many others as you can. Even pay for Prevx because they all find other ones if you've been hit bad (or bought a machine from some idiot who knows not what they do) and don't forget to donate where possible: Start Run regedit (open registry editor) Then: Edit Find fystem Find: ImagePath entries Click/select then go to Edit Permissions check Full Control Then right-click ImagePath Modify Change the f to S F3 on keyboard to go through all entries and edit permissions then the entry. Next: Run services.msc Find: Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), double-click and change start-up type to manual the click Start. Change start-up type back to automatic. Still in services: Find Automatic Updates and start as above if not started. Go to the updates site and start again. All should be well. If not you'll be a lot closer to fixing it. Another Forum poster that leaves everyone actually reading the original newsgroup post scratching their head at what they are referring to... This is the conversation, uninterrupted and fully quoted: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...55813d9ffb690f Now - as to how to properly cleanup and fix your Windows Update system - especially given that this concerns Windows XP - this has been posted many times over. Here is everything you could do to ensure your Windows XP (32-bit) updates system is working as it should be and you are fairly certain (90%) that you are free of malware that would affect the functionality of it in any way... The details they have added on how to search the registry are nice, I admint. But - the more it is posted, the more it will come up when searched for in the many different ways it could be searched for - so here it is one more time... ;-) Start button -- RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R on your keyboard) -- type in: winver -- Click OK. The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general (Operating System name and flavor) while the line starting with the word "version" will give you the rest of the story. Post _both_ in response to this message verbatim. ;-) Fix your file/registry permissions... Ignore the title and follow the sub-section under "Advanced Troubleshooting" titled, "Method 1: Reset the registry and the file permissions" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377 *will take time (** Ignore the last step - you should have SP3 installed - if not - you can do that *later* - it is not necessary to continue with the cleanup.) Reboot and ... Search your registry for %fystem and replace the "f" with an "s". May be three or four matches, may be none. You may even have to take ownership (even after doing the above) of the keys in order to make the change. Reboot and ... Download/install this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 After installing, do the following: Start button -- RUN -- type in: "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Installer Clean Up\msizap.exe" g! -- Click OK. (The quotation marks and percentage signs and spacing should be exact.) Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with the following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for this): SuperAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ MalwareBytes http://www.malwarebytes.com/ After performing a full scan with one and then the other and removing whatever they both find completely, you may uninstall these products, if you wish. Download and run the MSRT manually: http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx Reboot. CHKDSK How to scan your disks for errors http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265 * will take time and a reboot Defragment How to Defragment your hard drives http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848 * will take time Ensure your hardware drivers are up to date (from the hardware manufacturer's respective web pages.) Never get hardware drivers for hardware that was not created/sold by Microsoft from Microsoft. Installing the latest updates may have you rebooting several times, which is fine - but after you are sure you are done - still... Reboot. Download/Install the latest Windows Installer (for your OS): ( Windows XP 32-bit : WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86.exe ) http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/d...displaylang=en Reboot. and... Download the latest version of the Windows Update agent from here (x86): http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237 .... and save it to the root of your C:\ drive. After saving it to the root of the C:\ drive, do the following: Close all Internet Explorer windows and other applications. Start button -- RUN and type in: %SystemDrive%\windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe /WUFORCE -- Click OK. (If asked, select "Run.) -- Click on NEXT -- Select "I agree" and click on NEXT -- When it finishes installing, click on "Finish"... Reboot. Then follow the instructions he How do I reset Windows Update components? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 Reboot. Log on as an user with administrative rights and open Internet Explorer and visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and select to do a CUSTOM scan... Every time you are about to click on something while at these web pages - first press and hold down the CTRL key while you click on it. You can release the CTRL key after clicking each time. Once the scan is done, select just _ONE_ of the high priority updates (deselect any others) and install it. Reboot again. If it did work - try the web page again - selecting no more than 3-5 at a time. Rebooting as needed. The Optional Software updates are generally safe - although I recommend against the "Windows Search" one and any of the "Office Live" ones or "Windows Live" ones for now. I would completely avoid the Optional Hardware updates. Also - I do not see any urgent need to install Internet Explorer 8 at this time. Seriously - do all that. This is like antibiotics - don't skip a single step, don't quit because you think things will be okay now - go through until the end, until you have done everything given in the order given. If you have a problem with a step come ask and let someone here get you through that step. If you don't understand how to do a step, come back and ask here about that step and let someone walk you through it. In any case - no matter what - when you are done doing whatever you decide to do - please - come back here and let everyone know what you did and how things turned out. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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