Re: All windows related (Task manager, registry edit etc.) programs auto close

From: Dave (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:49:09 -0000

you are infected with a virus or worm. agobot/gaobot and some others do
this.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24da01c47d64$b7dcf7d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Every time I try and open a program related to windows,
> such as task manager, or registry edit, it will
> automatically close very quickly. I'm without any idea
> how to get rid of this and it's becoming a real pain not
> being able to use many windows applications. If you have
> any knowledge related to this a reply would be greatly
> appreciated.

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