how to reable the task manager

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:16 am

dont think the subject can get any clearer than that...

me

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:47 am

Clear as mud...

"RE-ENABLE" I assume? What happens when you try to bring up the task manager?

There is no way to disable the task manager normally unless you're a user without administrative privileges or some spyware or virus has disabled it.

Need more information.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:53 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Clear as mud...

"RE-ENABLE" I assume? What happens when you try to bring up the task manager?

There is no way to disable the task manager normally unless you're a user without administrative privileges or some spyware or virus has disabled it.

Need more information.

sry about that....

that is what happend, had a virus and the a-hole who wrote it disabled

the task mgr, and yes i have admin rights

he also disabled the windows firewall program to

anything else??

mre

smb · Post by **smb** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:10 pm

the only way to reenable is to reinstall. at least from what i've encountered.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:11 pm

"Had" a virus is incorrect. The virus has not been properly removed if your Task Manager and Firewall are disabled.

Which virus? Makes a difference. I'd check to see if there's a free removal tool on Symantec's site. You probably have little hope of repairing the registry damage manually.

Even a repair install won't necessarily help since it keeps the old registry.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:51 pm

the virus was bloodhound.w3.ep

or should i just eat it a re do the os

me

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:28 pm

Unfortunately this sounds like a hard one to clean properly.

Some manual removal instructions at the end of this page:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/d ... hound.html

Yeah, your best bet might be a clean install. I would also recommend you make a Ghost or Acronis image of your good install once you have it setup so you can restore it if something like this ever happens again.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:31 pm

ok thanx, FP

me

smb · Post by **smb** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:57 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
"Had" a virus is incorrect. The virus has not been properly removed if your Task Manager and Firewall are disabled.

Which virus? Makes a difference. I'd check to see if there's a free removal tool on Symantec's site. You probably have little hope of repairing the registry damage manually.

Even a repair install won't necessarily help since it keeps the old registry.

you say tomato, I say tomato.

when I say reinstall, I mean format and reinstall.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:09 pm

Originally posted by smb
you say tomato, I say tomato.

when I say reinstall, I mean format and reinstall.

i know

just got done with the reistall

me