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________________________________ From: Jeff Bunting To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Fri Sep 11 16:51:17 2009 Subject: Re: Can't run TaskManager WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced) PLEASE DON'T SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !! A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus simply spreads by talking about it!! Whatever you do, do not read or talk about this devastating new virus!! On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Glen Johnson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hey. Yall talked about this and now ����ve got one doing the same. Check the reg key and it was set to 1. Changed it to 0 and now taskmanager runs, but shutdown and logoff are grayed out. This is when you do the 3 finger salute. Damg yall for talking about it. Caused it to spread, whatever �������� is. From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Can't run TaskManager Richard, There was a thread last week about a fake antivirus that disabled task manager. It apparently disabled it via a registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableTaskMgr" Jeff On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:42 AM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I have a desktop machine doing something troubling... It's a Dell PWS-380, WinXP-Pro SP2. In an remote desktop session, I was wanting to see if a specific process was running, so I right-clicked the task bar and chose TaskManager. I got the hour glass icon for about a second, then nothing - for quite a long time. I went to the desk and logged in locally. Same thing. I did a "chkdsk /f" command and rebooted. Logging back in (locally) I did see a gray icon for VIPRE Enterprise. Its agent version and definitions were current. I initiated a deep scan. (Hopefully, none of this is relevent, but VIPRE/SBamSvc was the process for which I was originally hunting.) So far, VIPRE has not detected any malware (yet!). I still cannot run Task Manager on this machine - either by right-clicking the task bar and selecting it, or by Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking the Task Manager button. SO, I go to the machine and run "taskmgr.exe". To that I get a response - the file is not there. Any ideas as to what could have whacked that file? Thanks! ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
