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Back up Registry
I am trying to rid my son's pc of some extremely resilant adware. It sounds
like I will have to manually remove the files, and I am advised to back up the registry in Windows 98 before I begin. I click Start, Run and then "scanregw" but I get the message "Cannot find the file "scanregw" or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. What next? Much thanks for any suggestions. |
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Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations:
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip to a folder *other than* your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix it. The folks there will tell you what to remove. See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log: http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Barb" wrote in message ... I am trying to rid my son's pc of some extremely resilant adware. It sounds like I will have to manually remove the files, and I am advised to back up the registry in Windows 98 before I begin. I click Start, Run and then "scanregw" but I get the message "Cannot find the file "scanregw" or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. What next? Much thanks for any suggestions. |
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I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but part
of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up the Windows 98 registry and have been unsuccessful, as described in my original post. Any advice on why I am getting that error message and unable to do this? "glee" wrote: Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip to a folder *other than* your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix it. The folks there will tell you what to remove. See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log: http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Barb" wrote in message ... I am trying to rid my son's pc of some extremely resilant adware. It sounds like I will have to manually remove the files, and I am advised to back up the registry in Windows 98 before I begin. I click Start, Run and then "scanregw" but I get the message "Cannot find the file "scanregw" or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. What next? Much thanks for any suggestions. |
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I always simply run "scanreg" (not "scanregw"), when I want to back up the
registry. It may not be your problem here, but you could try that, and see if at least THAT works. Barb wrote: I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but part of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up the Windows 98 registry and have been unsuccessful, as described in my original post. Any advice on why I am getting that error message and unable to do this? "glee" wrote: Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip to a folder *other than* your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix it. The folks there will tell you what to remove. See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log: http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Barb" wrote in message ... I am trying to rid my son's pc of some extremely resilant adware. It sounds like I will have to manually remove the files, and I am advised to back up the registry in Windows 98 before I begin. I click Start, Run and then "scanregw" but I get the message "Cannot find the file "scanregw" or one of its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. What next? Much thanks for any suggestions. |
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"Barb" wrote in message
... I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but part of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up the Windows 98 registry When malware is present, it has usually written commands into the Registry. 1. When REGEDIT functions OK you can back up the Registry by exporting it to a REG text file. 2. Registry is stored in two files, c:\windows\system.dat c:\windows\user.dat So when REGEDIT has been disabled by malware you can back up Registry by copying these two files to other filenames. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Barb wrote:
I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but part of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up the Windows 98 registry and have been unsuccessful, as described in my original post. Any advice on why I am getting that error message and unable to do this? Because - apparently - you do not have the program. There are two scanreg programs...scanreg.exe is run from DOS, scanregw.exe from Windows. If you will look in C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP you will see several files named rbxxx.cab where "xxx" is a number like "001". Those are registry backups. Just select the one with the date you want and copy it somewhere. If you want to restore it, put it back, go to DOS and type scanreg /restore. You will be presented with 4-5 choices. Pick the one with the date you want. Since scanreg /restore gives you a limited number of choices I always move all rbxxx.cab files other than the one I want to restore somewhere else before going to DOS, return them when finished. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... 2. Registry is stored in two files, Four. c:\windows\system.dat c:\windows\user.dat So when REGEDIT has been disabled by malware you can back up Registry by copying these two files to other filenames. You also need SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI |
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Don Phillipson wrote:
"Barb" wrote in message ... I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but part of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up the Windows 98 registry When malware is present, it has usually written commands into the Registry. 1. When REGEDIT functions OK you can back up the Registry by exporting it to a REG text file. Except that if you want to stick that file back it merges with what is already there, doesn't replace. ________________ So when REGEDIT has been disabled by malware you can back up Registry by copying these two files to other filenames. As the man said, four. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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Regedit does not support editing of SYSTEM.INI or WIN.INI, and does not
create backups of these files. If the user is unable to use REGEDIT to do the backup then an alternative is to create a copy of c:\windows\system.dat and c:\windows\user.dat. The INI files are not involved. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Hugh Candlin" wrote in message ... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... 2. Registry is stored in two files, Four. c:\windows\system.dat c:\windows\user.dat So when REGEDIT has been disabled by malware you can back up Registry by copying these two files to other filenames. You also need SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI |
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I'm sure I read that "Scanreg" will pass off to "ScanregW", when "START,
Run, Scanreg" is typed. Anyway, I typed "ScanregW" there, & it still did work. Perhaps... "START button, Find, F/F", & click either one of those in the Find window. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... | I always simply run "scanreg" (not "scanregw"), when I want to back up the | registry. It may not be your problem here, but you could try that, and see | if at least THAT works. | | Barb wrote: | I appreciate the advice and was planning on this type of solution, but | part | of the preliminary "housekeeping" I have been advised to do is to back up | the | Windows 98 registry and have been unsuccessful, as described in my | original | post. Any advice on why I am getting that error message and unable to do | this? | | "glee" wrote: | | Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations: | http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html | http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html | http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe | Unzip to a folder *other than* your Desktop or the Temp folder, | double-click | HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". | | When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save | Log" | button. | Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My | Documents, | or similar). | Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix | anything yet. | | Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: | http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 | http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, | http://castlecops.com/forum67.html | In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so | far | to fix it. | | The folks there will tell you what to remove. | | See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log: | http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 | | A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he | http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ | -- | Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | | | "Barb" wrote in message | ... | I am trying to rid my son's pc of some extremely resilant adware. It | sounds | like I will have to manually remove the files, and I am advised to back | up | the registry in Windows 98 before I begin. I click Start, Run and then | "scanregw" but I get the message "Cannot find the file "scanregw" or one | of | its components. Make sure the path and filename are correct and that | all | required libraries are available. What next? | | Much thanks for any suggestions. | | |
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