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A few weeks ago or a month or so ago, i found like 10,000 files each 1kb each in my shared folder for ares, i didnt download it or neither did anyone from my family, they were all winzip files and they were named like Ball, Duck, Dog, Beach, Ferrari, Cars, in like alphabetical order, i deleted all of them and i didnt open any.

now for the last few weeks my computer wont isntall anything using the windows installer or uninstall anything using the windows installer, i cant access cmd, regedit or msconfig normally, i have to use emergency utilities, i cant find the system32 folder in windows but i can access it through internet explorer, i cant install an antivirus system like norton...any ideas?

Plz dont say reformat
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Hello, Metal God.

Deleting a bunch of small files from a p2p folder shouldn't do that. Did this stuff start happening right after you deleted those files, or was it not immediate?

Is it InstallShield that gives you those windows installer errors?
When you say you can't access "cmd, regedit or msconfig,” does it give you a specific error, or does it just not show up altogether?

By the way, format isn't in my vocabulary :tazz: Though an xp repair may be. Do you have an xp cd or just recovery discs, it usually depends what brand/model your computer is.

Edited by OwNt, 02 September 2005 - 07:36 PM.

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haha thats good to hear.

Um its the Windows Installer, that msi thing. cmd opens for a like a second, regedit doesnt open msconfig doesnt open, but i can open them using some emergency thing id ownloaded

The problem happened way later after i deleted those files

I do have recovery discs, its ACER, i put them in and looked they dont even run i have no idea how to run those discs
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Hello, Metal God.

Please either access the registry the way you are with the "emergency" program and go to the area in bold print, or follow these instructions. download RegLite Here.

Copy and paste HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor into it. It should open that section up, when it does find the entry EnableExtension Under value, is it 0 or 1?

Have you run any spyware/adware/virus scans yet? One of those may have also caused this problem.
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Hi

There is nothing saying value as a title but it does say under data "0x00000001 (1)

Ive run a microsft antispyware scan, but to my knowledge all it has removed was some stuff not directly linking to the computers major files, but i remember my AVG doing something with SystemVolumeInformation, i do not think it deleted it but im not too sure what it did, i set it to quarantine, i dont know if it deleted later if a quarantine failed, and ive removed AVG now anyways so i cant check, and i did not delete the files in the vault so if anything was in there it should be still on the computer.
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hold on i tried this time with the REGLITE it says now : 1 (0x01), which im guessing is a short form right?
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Hello, Metal God.

That's fine, I was just checking that out. I would like to clarify something though, do msconfig/regedit give an error, or just not appear altogether?

Please leave the value at 1, that is the correct value.

It looks like avg found some suspicious stuff in system restore, don't worry about that. let's see about fixing you up now.

Click Here and download this file, let it extract to the folder pre selected. See if that changes anything for you.
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aight im gonna do that extraction thing now, and msconfig now opens, but regedit doesnt appear.

Thnx for helping this far :tazz:
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extraction done, to C:\windows\system32, 3 files unzipped successfully
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what should i try now? and i tried opening regedit and cmd again it just blinks for a second, a prompt screen like the cmd one opens for less than a second
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nope windows installer still doesnt run it says it cannot be accessed so im guessing the msi is missing or corrupted? i think ive tried reinstalling using a microsoft method, but that failed.
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Metal God,

The symptoms you described are most likely due to Malware (sometimes known as Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.pd or P2P-Worm.Win32.Alcan.a)

Please Click here!, and follow the recommendations in the guide. Note: The infection you have will require additional steps to remove but following the guide will possibly reduce the amount of any other malware on your system.

We'll need you to use a free diagnostic tool, Hijack This. Follow the instructions in step five of this guide, and post your log as a new topic in the Malware Removal - Hijack This forum.

Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential - DO NOT delete or modify anything yet! Someone will be along to tell you what steps to take after you post the contents of the scan results.

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Way to steal it away Scorpex :tazz: (Just kidding)

Metal God, since this did possibly arise from a p2p application, a worm/virus/malware may likely be the culprit. Although I know of other cases of when the system was free of crap and still did this. Please keep us updated in this thread. Thanks

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yer i will, should i try fixing through something called registrydix?
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registrydix? Could you supply a link please? Thank you

-OwNt
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