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On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 17:05 +0100, Simon Williams wrote: > 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. > No I have been trying to get him to remove this using the reg but so far he has managed to delete the userinit.exe and broke his login. So no windows for a minute. Ill try to get malwarebytes for him if he can drop it from Linux to his Win disk. He also cant find the Dir which holds the Original Files which the Virus keeps spawning from so we may be here a while..... Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html