re: frozen start menu and icons
Monday, October 24, 2005 at 2:48 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Darko
(13 messages posted)
Hi JCW,
Diane mentioned stwoyle troyan. Her AV recognized that and she could not delete it
in the past.
I remember seeing (when in Safe Mode with Command Prompt) file Daily Weather Forecast
under Program Files. Based on your note I believe I should delete it right away.
I believe I saw the file winstyle2.dll when trying to end some process in Windows
Task Manager (or when using Command Prompt).
JWC, the problem that I have (and obviously Diane) is that no program can be started
either by clicking on it or using a keyboard. It is the same in Safe Mode. All icons
and programs are frozen. AV that I have (Zero Knowledge from Telus Internet Provider)
cannot be started. It launches but then it freezes. CPU usage at that time is at
100%. AV could not be started from CP because I got a message that the program could
not be launched from Safe Mode.
I might not be able to reply to your messages again today because I'll go home soon
(and my computer does not work properly). Thans again for your reply.
On Monday, October 24, 2005 at 2:23 pm, jcw wrote:
>-- Why can't the AV app. be started from the CP? What happens? What on-board app.
>are you using?
>
-- What makes you sure that you have the stwoyle trojan? Was it ID'ed as such
>in your AV scan? Were any other vires or malware ID'ed?
>
-- In the CP window, can you open regedit by typing REGEDIT at
the
>command prompt, and then can you move about in the registry editor and use its file
>menu?
>
-- In the CP window, navigate to your Windows\system32 folder and using the
>DIR /P/A command to view its contents, see if you have the file named
>"winstyle2.dll".
>
-- In the CP window, navigate to the Program Files directory and review its
contents
>for a folder or file that looks suspicious or unfamiliar to you, e.g.: Program
Files\daily
>weather forecast\
>
>
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