Upon getting the virus (that made windows useless) I proceeded to run a virus scan for Windows on Ubuntu Linux. It seemed to of picked up the problems and as I reboot on to Windows nothing comes up. No icons, no taskbar, only desktop picture. I can still use CTRL+ALT+DEL but task manager is blurred out. I would appreciate some help.
-Regards
Fuzzybread, Let me see if I understand you correctly...
You ran an AntiVirus program from an Ubuntu Live CD to clean viruses from your Windows PC. In essence, you scanned your Windows hard drive by “mounting” it, right?
Before providing you with some Windows suggestions, what is the Windows Operating System you are running? XP, Vista, Windows 7?
I suppose it is fake Windows XP Recovery virus, I newly learn this Windows XP Recovery virus can hide away a lot of files
Guess the infected cmputer is running Windos XP... If so, go to Start > Run
Highlight and copy each of the following (one at a time), and place in the Open area.
Then, Click: Enter/OK after each one:
reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /freg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Restart the computer
Can you now use Task Manager?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Taskmanag...
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000
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