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Name: crimson
Date: June 21, 2004 at 17:38:08 Pacific
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: amd 331 mhz.192 mb ram
Comment:

My girls computer has a virus called TROJ_MAGICPS.A . I can go into safe mode and get to my registry files and use task manager. When you try to get to your registry files it says it has been disabled by the computer administrator. Same for task manager. In safe mode it shows 2 computer administrators and there is no way to delete one. I hit ctrl/alt/delete and in processes it shows 2 administrators.
ctfmon.exe admistrator and explorer.exe. administrator. I have run a virus scan and it hasnt gotten rid of it yet. Here is a link on this virus and i did what it said. http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_MAGICPS.A Can anyone help me out with this one? Thanks!!



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Name: Rocketmech
Date: June 21, 2004 at 18:45:04 Pacific
Reply:

Try TDS-3 Anti-Trojan , http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=download
its free for 30 days. Be sure to update first thing.
If the registry and task manager are still inaccessible afterwards, post back.


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Response Number 2
Name: Tufenuf
Date: June 21, 2004 at 18:55:09 Pacific
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crimson, Go to the link below and there's a temporary solution under "Rename these utilities and run them or use MVP Doug Knox's "Emergency Msconfig, Regedit, Task Manager" utility:"

Task Manager & Regedit Problems

Tufenuf


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Response Number 3
Name: crimson
Date: June 23, 2004 at 04:30:11 Pacific
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Rocketmech, I tried the TDS-anti trojen and it found nothing. I went to the link that Tufenuf talked about and it still said that my Registry and task manager was locked. On that page it talked about spybots. So I ran adware and it found a lot of spyware on the computer and after I deleted those I was able to get back into the Registry and Taskmanager. Thanks a bunch!!!!



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