task manager closes every time i open it

[snake2]

ever time i open the windows task manager it closes by itself

i have windows xp with service pack 1

i also have nero show time wich assosiates itself with every .dat file could that be it

anyone know what the prob may be?

adaware says there is no sayware and norton says there is no viruses

[Luciel]

download avg6 free edtion, scan ur computer and then tell me if theres no viruses, i dont trust norton :P

[snake2]

i found version 7 im gonna dl that and let you know how it works

[Luciel]

kk :)

[snake2]

well im scanning now and it says i have a trojan horse dropper bridge A

[snake2]

well avg said it fixed 2 files that had trojans but i still have the same problem

[gamesmell]

If I where you at this point ide just give up back up my files I wish to keep and do a system restore

[snake2]

i dont realy want to do a system restore, takes forever

[TylerDurden]

Do it before you go to sleep then.



Tyler!

[RincewindTheWiz]

Just like a console man to take the easy way out :D Just run explorer.exe, go to Tools/Folder Options, select the "View" tab, then enable "Show hidden files and folders". Now go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\. You'll notice a file called "taskmgr.exe". This is the windows task manager. Now if there's a virus that is shutting down taskmgr.exe (and those DO exist), the solution is to select that taskmgr.exe, press ctrl-c to copy it, and press ctrl-v in the same directory to make a copy of it, named "Copy of taskmgr.exe". Rename this file to something innocent like "blah.exe". Note that the .exe extension will usually be hidden in Windows, so you can use "blah" and "taskmgr" instead of "blah.exe" and "taskmgr.exe" everywhere. Now if you start this "blah.exe", it will have that name in the process list, but it will still be the task manager. Most programs that try to kill a specific process like taskmgr.exe will look for that specific name, so any change of that name should dodge their attempts. If you can run "blah.exe", you can be almost 100% sure that you've got a virus. Most virusses of late have a long list of process names of antivirus software and other programs that they kill so they (the virusses) cannot be easily killed themselves.

Capisce ?

Or, you can take the console way out and do a system restore. But that's not a manly way to do it :D

PS Don't forget to use this (http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://housecall.antivirus.com/&e=747) free and easy to use online virus scanner. You can use it without having to download and install another program.

[TylerDurden]

Originally posted by RincewindTheWiz

Or, you can take the console way out and do a system restore. But that's not a manly way to do it :D


Umm, Im pretty sure a one button way to do things is the way a man does things. As a matter of fact I cant think of any man even reading instructions to save his life. Now thats manly.



TD!

[H|LLJD00]

Go to google. Search Online Virus Scan. As AVG only picks up normal virus's, dont not pick up micro script etc.

So its proberly still their.

[snake2]

well RincewindTheWiz do have one that closes the task manager im gonna try scanning with the online virus scan you recomended

[snake2]

well im scannin now and its already gotten rid of a worm

[snake2]

well 2 scans with house call and a reboot later its still there. anyone else know some good scanners?

[JoyBoy]

if Rince cant help you any further then I will be shocked. The dudes a confessed computer nerd. :p

[Luciel]

how can u be a computer nerd wen u cant even open the door of the invisible university!!!!! :P

[Wednesday]

hi
I have been experiancing the problem where I cannot open my avg or my tast manager....
I have tried your advise on getting a online virus scan but it closes that aswell.
I did go and did a system restore up till yesterdays date and that seem to have worked :-) lets hope Im right!