Ok so here's the deal. Whenever I try to run msconfig it opens for like 2 seconds and then closes itself. I can't get anything done. I have tried restarting, and it has been a problem for like a month now. Has anyone had this problem and/or knows how to fix it? Any help will be much appreciated.
use task manager to close any programs you dont reconise, then try
my theory is that it checks for the window to be shown, then closes it. this is because as a measure to prevent it from being stopped, its not allowing you to remove it from startup.
I have tried, all the ones that I ended that look suspicious didn't help. Any idea what it might be called? Plus I have tried scanning with symantic, xoftspy, and ad-aware, and symantic is the only one that detects it, but it can't delete it
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RE: msconfig
try running the program "autoruns" from sysinternals, disable the startup item for the process you think it is, and then reboot. then run your antivirus or boot into safemode and delete the file manually.
I think I found it, but when I try to end it, it says "This is a critical system process. Task Manager cannot end this process." But it might just be a regular process, but I don't think I have seen it before.
This post was edited on 11-27-2005 at 06:49 PM by TylerG.
I have had this problem before, can you open control panel? If you can't then the computer does have a virus on and you have to reformat and start over again.
I have never figured away how to get rid of this virus.
Ok, so I booted in safemode right, took it off startup, rebooted and it lets me open msconfig now, but the virus is still running in taskmanager Scanning with Symantec as we speak.
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RE: msconfig
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But it might just be a regular process, but I don't think I have seen it before.![[Image: sig.png]](http://www.blakemiller.org/sig/sig.png)
