Re: got message "you need to restart system to make settings take effect"
From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 10/03/04
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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 05:00:01 GMT
There is a utility from SysInternals called pendmoves that may be able to
tell you what files are scheduled to be changed at the next boot. Find it in
the link below. Also use Autoruns to see if there are any bogus listings in
your "run or run once" registry keys that you can then disable. Run once
would be of particular concern in your case. Eventually you will need to
reboot your computer. I would make sure that you back up all your data files
and your user profile under documents and settings [My Documents and emails
are stored there]. Try to burn them to a cd/dvd . Then be sure you antivirus
is up to date and you have a parasite program like AdAware installed with
current updates and ready to go. I would then reboot it and deal with
whatever it is by scanning for viruses and parasite right away when you had
the time. In the future I suggest you make full backups of your computer. I
use Norton Ghost and it can burn Ghost image to different hard drive
partition or cd/dvd. Then it is real easy to restore the operating
system/applications and you just have to backup data files since last Ghost
image. There are many places online you can buy Norton SystemWorks Pro OEM
disk [ such as NewEgg ] for around $25 and it includes Ghost. Backups are
highly underrated way to deal with malware problems --- Steve
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml
"Bradley26" <someone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> While visiting ebay, I clicked on an item to view. it took a while and
> the
> disk was going a lot. Ive used ebay since 1999 or so; Im running
> Windows2000 sp4 with IE 6.0.2800 128 bit
>
> So the page is loading, I thought maybe some big photos of the item taking
> a
> while.
>
> Then the message dialog box comes up from windows:
>
> "You must restart your computer to make the new settings take effect.
> Restart now? yes no"
>
>
> I took a snapshot of the incident and clicked NO. I sent a message to the
> ebay seller to ask about this. as Im typing, the restart box pops up
> again,
> and it was from that ebay page again, like it did a refresh.
>
> I checked the add/remove programs, nothing new or odd.
>
> this entire install is only a couple of weeks old, Ive got both trend
> micro
> pc cillin demo and Norton2001 with all the updates. its got the trend
> micro firewall, only those ports I activate, I think, get used.
>
> I checked the snapshot, the windows update was not in the system tray, I
> went to WU and the last update was Sept 17th or so
>
> my security settings are set to "high" for the internet, and I add
> "trusted
> sites" to a few, and have the scripts and most settings set to "prompt"
> which is very annoying to click yes for each web page. ebay is a trusted
> site, but it said mixed at the bottom of the page.
>
> There was no warning about downloading anything, just that I have to
> reboot
> to make changes take effect.
>
> PLEASE Help, Ive got no clue what to check
> and am afraid when I reboot, the computer will be destroyed once again
>
> thanks
>
>
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