I had to run RRT to get my task manager back(that's all it did).

This was the only spot on my desktop that could open a rightclick menu and it allowed me to open windows explorer and get started.įrom there I began trying to run 'read and run first' which I couldn't get far with. I'm sure there are many other things we will discover in this thread but you can see already what a horror it is.įor anyone facing this unusual set of circumstances I discovered a way to start putting the pieces back together by rightclicking the start menu. It made my C: and D: drives disappear from any window I could get to display my computer. It changed the password to the default administrator account and took away many administrator privileges from my own adminstrator account. It even removed the log off function so I can only shut down the computer, not change users. It changed settings so that my Start Menu no longer has a programs menu, my computer, my documents, my recent documents, control panel, search, run, or help. It removed Task manager and disabled regedit and command prompt. Here is a synopsis of what it did to my homemade computer running XP sp2 with no antivirus and just a windows firewall (crazy? I confess) It happened right after I downloaded some pirated software so I am sure this is my just dessert.Īs soon as the program installed I saw some strange messages pop up briefly talking about some other installation which, no doubt was the trojan. Seems to be a new bundle of malware that makes it nearly impossible to restore my system. I have been working for a full week trying to untangle the mess caused by a trojan that found it's way onto my computer.

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