September 18th, 2006
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| Novicius | | Join Date: September 18th, 2006
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 I Think this might help!
I was reading this thread trying to find out how to stop the virus i had that kept starting up LW. so i followed doug119's post by doing... Quote:
1) Uninstall Limewire. You can reinstall it at the end of these steps.
2) Disable System Restore in Windows. This can be done by right clicking on My Computer, selecting Properties, and then clicking on the System Restore tab. Then check the box Turn Off System Restore. Hit Apply, and then OK. If you are prompted to restart Windows, do so.
3) Now we need to fool the virus into allowing us to open the Task Manager. This can be done by copying the Task Manager executable file from the Windows directory. To do this, go to c:\windows\system32, select the file taskmgr.exe, right click on it, and select Copy. Go to the desktop, and click on an empty part of the desktop. Then right click on the desktop, and select Paste.
4) Double click on the taskmgr.exe file on your desktop. This should open the Task Manager. Click on the Performance tab. If you are in fact infected with a virus, you will likely (although not necessarily) see close to 100% CPU usage!! Now click on the Processes tab, followed by clicking twice on the CPU column header. What this does is order the files running on your computer based on the amount of CPU resources they are consuming in real time. If there is a process, other than System Idle Process, that is consuming close to 100% of the CPU, then it is this process (or file) that is infecting your computer. For me, and likely for a lot of you, that file will be winupdates.exe. Don't be tricked. This is not a Microsoft program. It's a virus masking itself as a legitimate file. Please remember the exact name of this process, because you will need it in a later step.
| But for me i did not see winupdates.exe. so i was messing around in the processes tab when i see outlook express and so i ended the process because i never use it and it really pi$$e$ me off because it was set to default email so i shut it down to get revenge on it for pi$$ing me off many times then i installed LW again and now its fine to more turning on by it self.
Which is pretty funny that i just so happend to fix the problem by trying to get revenge.
Well i hope this helps someone out. Thanks for all the postes befor mine, i really appreciate everyone trying to help out.   |
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