regedit

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:26:15 -0800, "Alan"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am trying to remove virus hex keys from the registry.
>When I type in regedit and hit the run button the
>registry editor appears for 1-2 seconds then closes
>again. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to fix
>it?
>Thanks,
>Alan.

Swen, among other malware, is known to screw with RegEdit.
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=100662
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...swen.a@mm.html

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Greetings --

The behavior you've described is typical behavior of more than one
virus/worm, the three below being the most common:

W32.Klez
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...klez.e@mm.html

W32.Yaha
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...yaha.c@mm.html

W32.Spybot.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...ybot.worm.html


Bruce Chambers

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"Alan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to remove virus hex keys from the registry.
> When I type in regedit and hit the run button the
> registry editor appears for 1-2 seconds then closes
> again. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to fix
> it?
> Thanks,
> Alan.

Alan,

I am having the EXACT same problems with Regedit. Let me know what worked
for you. Thanks.

Ernie


"Chuck" <cacrollthespam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:26:15 -0800, "Alan"
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> >I am trying to remove virus hex keys from the registry.
> >When I type in regedit and hit the run button the
> >registry editor appears for 1-2 seconds then closes
> >again. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to fix
> >it?
> >Thanks,
> >Alan.

>
> Swen, among other malware, is known to screw with RegEdit.
> http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=100662
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com...swen.a@mm.html
>
> Chuck
> I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm
Creates usable copies of REGEDIT, MSCONFIG and Task Manger

Good luck Alan in getting rid of the virus registry entries.


"Alan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:049401c3a59f$af24e640$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I am trying to remove virus hex keys from the registry.
> When I type in regedit and hit the run button the
> registry editor appears for 1-2 seconds then closes
> again. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how to fix
> it?
> Thanks,
> Alan.

Hi all. Where do I go in reg edit to turn off the "you
have 3 unread e-mails" from the opening screen in xp?

Thanks in advance

this feature is telling you how many emails you have on your MSN/Hotmail
account, so turning of auto start-up in MSN/Hotmail messager should solve
this for you.

Jason


"Jeff" <jeff.acker@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all. Where do I go in reg edit to turn off the "you
> have 3 unread e-mails" from the opening screen in xp?
>
> Thanks in advance

On 18/11/2003 Jeff wrote:

> Hi all. Where do I go in reg edit to turn off the "you
> have 3 unread e-mails" from the opening screen in xp?
>
> Thanks in advance

_______________

Hi, Jeff!
Here is the solution.
1) Open the Windows XP registry.
2) Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\UnreadMail
3) Find and select the subkey corresponding to your current default
email account.
4) Double-click on the "MessageCount" value.
5) Set it to 0 (zero).
The count from your email account will have stopped on next startup.
--
Cheers,
Robert

i have an emachine with windowsxp home edition on it. when
i try to run regedit, it only runs for about 10 seconds
and then closes. anyone know anything about this issue?