re: Ad ware hijacking
Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 7:28 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by pass the salt
(4 messages posted)
Hi Alfie,
You mentioned that you have this entry in your system directory,
C:\WINNT\system32\m?iexec.exe, right?
restart your system in safe mode.
1) backup your registry go to start > run > type in regedit & click okay.
2) the registry editor would pop up. click on registry > select "export registry
file" > Save the registry file with a desired name.
3) After backing up the registry Click on edit, select the find function key in "m?iexec.exe"
& search for this entry. Once you come across it rename it from "m?iexec.exe" to
"iexec.exe".
4) After doing the above navigate to the C:\WINNT\system32\m?iexec.exe directory
& rename this file from "m?iexec.exe" to "iexec.exe". Restart your pc in normal mode
& launch your ie again.
On Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 5:37 pm, Alfie Mahmoud wrote:
>I have an odd task running on my laptop named mUiexec.exe. HiJackThis lists the
>task as “m?iexec.exe” and the file does not exist in the directory where it points.
> I am getting a lot of pop-ups. Any suggestions?
>
>The task loads when IE is loaded. If I end the task, it comes back the next time
>I load IE. I also get a recurring "run once" registry entry loading "msdxm.ocx".
> If I delete it, it comes back.
>
>I included some of the HiJackThis info below, but did not post the whole log because
>the forum would not accept it.
>
>I would appreciate any help with this issue.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Alfie
>
>This is the task:
>
>C:\WINNT\system32\m?iexec.exe
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