re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe...
Friday, November 25, 2005 at 9:09 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Andrew
(2 messages posted)
Ditto!!!! After several hours of playing with PNP settings, playing with regedit
and permissions on HKLM ENUM, finally tried this and found that it was APROPOS all
along! For those people that have posted that they would like to bestow violence
upon Bill Gates, forget that, get me the person that wrote and released the Apropos
virus and to quote Pulp Fiction, "I'll get Medieval on his ass!". Thanks everyone
for the posting and solution.
On Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 9:35 pm, jreese wrote:
>A very large thank you to whoever originally posted the link to the AproposFix.
I
>have worked on this problem of a corrupted Device Manager, missing Network Connections,
>slow response times from Windows Explorer and Windows reactivation BS for about
10
>hours and this has finally fixed the issue. I previously scanned the system with
>Spybot S&D, Lavasoft AdAware and Webroot Spy Sweeper but nothing picked up on Apropos.
>
>To make sure that this file is available I have uploaded it to my own server and
>you can download it below. I also have an AproposUninstaller.exe from Symantec on
>there, but I did not have to try that since the AproposFix.exe worked. I am taking
>no credit for it, but I just want to make sure it is available to the next person
>that goes through this crap.
>
>Step 1.
>=====
>Download one (or both) of the files to remove Apropos to your Desktop.
>http://www.reesecomputing.com/downloads/files/AproposFix.exe
>http://www.reesecomputing.com/downloads/files/AproposUninstaller.exe
>
>Step 2.
>=====
>Restart your computer and enter Safe Mode by pressing F8 on the keyboard repeatedly
>AFTER your BIOS loads and BEFORE Windows starts to load.
>
>Step 3.
>=====
>Log into the account where the files you downloaded are on the Desktop. It should
>be an account with Administor privledges.
>
>Step 4.
>=====
>//For AproposFix.exe:
>Double click on AproposFix.exe and extract the files to your Desktop. Open that
folder
>and double click on Run This.bat and follow the instructions. Restart the computer
>once you are prompted.
>
>//For AproposUninstaller.exe:
>Double click on AproposUninstaller.exe to open the removal tool. Click on the Start
>button when you are ready to start scanning. Follow the instructions within the
removal
>tool.
>
>Step 5.
>=====
>Once you are back in Windows running in normal mode with a working Device Manager,
>etc. get yourself online and download FireFox and download Microsoft AntiSpyware
>to help you stay protected against spyware.
>http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en
>
>You should still also use Spybot S&D and Lavasoft Adware.
>http://www.safer-networking.org/
>http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
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