Thomas Cameron wrote: [snip] > Every time I try to install McAfee on the machine, I get an error saying > "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if > you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows installer is not > correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance." > > I think I'm screwed. This sound familiar to anyone?
Looks like a RootKit attack. Have you tried clamav for Windows? There are several sources for binaries, I use the one from the Cygwin packages. Another, perhaps better alternative for the rootkit case, is to boot from a CD, something like "System Rescue CD" which is Linux and can be used to scan (it includes clamscan) NTFS file systems. I don't know if clamav is good with rootkits, the one experience I had I cleaned up by hand and then used the Linux version of f-prot which found a few more hidden files. HTH. -- René Berber _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
