re: frozen start menu and icons
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Darko
(13 messages posted)
Yes, I have WINNT directory. I guess it is because I had originally Windows 2000
NT installed and then installed Windows XP over it.
Yes, I can access that virus file through CP but I can't delete it. Yesterday when
I was able to use Windows I tried to delete that file and the access was denied too.
Thanks JCW. I'll do my homework today and post the results tomorrow. I am not home
right now so I can't do anything at this moment. Thanks again.
Darko
On Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 11:19 am, jcw wrote:
>Further to my earlier post today at 10:12 am, and in reply to your 10:30 am post:
>
-- Where on your HD is that "C:\WINNT\Q50502281_disk.dll" ? Do you have a WINNT
>directory? If so, what else is in it? You get the access denied message when you
>try to delete it via the safe mode CP window?
>
-- Also check in your registry editor, and in the following folders, for the
>files listed below or any variant thereof:
>
Folders: Windows, Windows\system, Windows\system32, Program Files\Windows NT
>
Files:
>TROJ_DLOADER.AHD
>TROJ_SMALL.ATP
>Win32.DlStwoyle.G
>Project1.dll
>Q178937.DLL
>Q50502281.dll
>Q50502281_disk.dll
>Win32/SillyDl.14336.Dll
>Win32/SillyDL.69632!DLL
>Stwoyle {any variant}
>
These file-names came from the Trend Micro website, and are to be viewed as
bad
>and to be deleted, but if in doubt, post back with what you find.
>As to your last question, I believe that Symantec's Norton AV CD could be placed
>in the CD drive and run to clean vires (useful e.g. when boot sector was dirty and
>Windows wouldn't boot). Don't know if it would work here - might. Don't know if
>any other AV vendors' CDs would similarly work here - you would need to investigate.
> If cost not a big factor and can't solve problem otherwise, may be another alternative
>to the "copy data - clean reinstall WXP & programs" alternative if the CD were up-to-date
>enough to detect and delete whatever malicious critter(s) you have. That's part
>of the problem: we're not sure what all you have, because the freezing problem
>you and Diane are having is the first I'm seeing as a result of the "Stwoyle" infection.
> On the other hand, if such a CD could clean at least enough to "unlock" your system,
>you would be able to pursue other cleaning procedures off and on line in a Windows
>environment. Symantec discovered "Stwoyle" June 15, 2005; see:
> --> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.stwoyle.html
>
so I am less than optimistic that a CD would yet be updated to include it.
>I have come across a purported fix for "Stwoyle" available on the net. You would
>need to download it from the net, copy it onto removable media (e.g. a diskette),
>copy it onto your machine, and then run it. I was hoping that we could get your
>system unfrozen first as it would be easier to do that in Windows, but your system
>re-froze before I got back to you today. I can't vouch for this fix, as I've never
>had to use it.
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