cant seem to open regedit.

• vertmonyet

  4 Apr 07, 17:28

  because of this MSN virus.
  
  whenever i open regedit, it closes by itself.
  
  any idea how to solve this?
  
  other then mayi's solving.
• yihao93

  4 Apr 07, 20:42

  REformat
• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Apr 07, 23:27

  Don't want to solve is simple. Just reformat and reinstall.
  
  Better still, use Apple or Linux.
• vertmonyet

  5 Apr 07, 19:30

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Don't want to solve is simple. Just reformat and reinstall.
  
  Better still, use Apple or Linux.

  no offence on mayi.
  
  your solution give me headache. you know la, i lazy one.
  
  so all i need is a new window xp home edition cd right?
  
  i dont have it.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  5 Apr 07, 20:35

  Originally posted by vertmonyet:

  no offence on mayi.
  
  your solution give me headache. you know la, i lazy one.
  
  so all i need is a new window xp home edition cd right?
  
  i dont have it.

  Get a Linux. FOC and easy to use. Provided you get the right one.
• MyPillowTalks

  5 Apr 07, 22:35

  dl avg free and scan, it can detect the virus
• vertmonyet

  6 Apr 07, 12:19

  just downloaded AVG.
  
  the vault has lots of virus. i believe all removed? cant seem to press heal.
• ditzy

  6 Apr 07, 12:22

  Sounds like the Brontok.A virus.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  6 Apr 07, 23:45

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Sounds like the Brontok.A virus.

  I like!
• scavy

  10 Apr 07, 23:37

  Try make a backup copy of your current regedit.exe (c:\windows for XP or C:\winnt for NT)
  then rename the one residing in the systemroot directory to regedit.com
  registry editor can now be opened
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  10 Apr 07, 23:38

  is it the photo album virus ??
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Apr 07, 13:30

  LOL, rename to .com will not work theoretically and in reality, because it's an MS extension. Plus, if you attempt to delete it after renaming it, you will find the virus back.
  
  The only way to solve it to replace the regedit.exe from the XP CD, or dllcache folder, or i386 folder.
• vertmonyet

  11 Apr 07, 19:29

  CD i no have. so where can i get the other two options?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Apr 07, 19:32

  Step 1
  
  Show hidden files and folders
  

  [*]Open My Computer.
  [*]Go to Tools > Folder Options.
  [*]Select the View tab.
  [*]Scroll down to Hidden files and folders.
  [*]Select Show hidden files and folders.
  [*]Uncheck (untick) Hide extensions of known file types.
  [*]Uncheck (untick) Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
  [*]Click Yes when prompted.
  [*]Click OK.
  [*]Close My Computer.

  
  
  Step 2
  
  Go to C:\Windows\system32\dllcache. Right click on regedit.exe and select Copy
  
  Go to C:\Windows. Right click and select Paste to paste in regedit.exe
  
  Dllcache don't have the files you want, go to C:\i386
  
  Find regedit there.