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Re: [LUG] Linux based Regisrty editor?

 

kevin wrote:
> Hi all and welcome to some more  noobies!
> does any one have experience of editing using linux a Winxp Reg file? or
> know if Knoppix can do it, away from the Machine?
> 
>       I am plagued by my Father currently re acquiring this Trojan virus
> which infects Services.exe and changes userinit.exe in the system32
> folder.  I get him to delete the files using dual boot and Linux  but he
> baulks at editing the reg to remove the line which points to the Trojan
> like this.

Have you tried malwarebytes? I do a lot of virus removal at work, and it 
almost never fails, including stopping them coming back.

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