Downloads Required?

Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home. Am now
receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following sites:
http://www.regpro32.com
http://www.rinsepro.com
http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
http://www.msrepair.net
and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
--
Robert H.

gato2006chile
Wed Sep 06 13:51:48 CDT 2006

Robert escribió:
> Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home. Am now
> receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following sites:
> http://www.regpro32.com
> http://www.rinsepro.com
> http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
> http://www.msrepair.net
> and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
The only download site of microsoft valid are the cabable websites to
reach begining by www.microsoft.com.
Perhaps you are have enable the service "messenger".

Malke
Wed Sep 06 14:01:34 CDT 2006

gato2006chile wrote:

> Robert escribió:
>> Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home.
>> Am now receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the
>> following sites: http://www.regpro32.com
>> http://www.rinsepro.com
>> http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
>> http://www.msrepair.net
>> and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
> The only download site of microsoft valid are the cabable websites to
> reach begining by www.microsoft.com.
> Perhaps you are have enable the service "messenger".

Did you install 1) HP patches required before installing Service Pack 2
(SP2); 2) XP SP2? If not and you connected to the Internet without a
firewall in place you may already have malware.

Get the HP patches and SP2. Get the tools/updates you will need to do at
least a simple malware/virus scan of your computer (see link below):

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Take the computer off the Internet and any local area network.

When you are sure the computer is clean, apply the HP patches and then
install SP2. Make sure the SP2 firewall is on before connecting to the
Internet.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Jonathan
Wed Sep 06 18:09:08 CDT 2006

Definately sounds like malware is present.

"Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39AF4C17-0ABB-47C6-AF49-795E9E1CCA1C@microsoft.com...
> Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home. Am
> now
> receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following sites:
> http://www.regpro32.com
> http://www.rinsepro.com
> http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
> http://www.msrepair.net
> and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
> --
> Robert H.

Adam
Mon Feb 05 03:27:00 CST 2007

Hi Jonathan,

How can I successfully and safely remove this malware from a machine running
windows 2000 professional operating system without upgrading to xp and
protecting against future occurances of these programs.

Adam.

"Jonathan" wrote:

> Definately sounds like malware is present.
>
> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39AF4C17-0ABB-47C6-AF49-795E9E1CCA1C@microsoft.com...
> > Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home. Am
> > now
> > receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following sites:
> > http://www.regpro32.com
> > http://www.rinsepro.com
> > http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
> > http://www.msrepair.net
> > and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
> > --
> > Robert H.
>
>

Lanwench
Mon Feb 05 19:29:12 CST 2007

In news:B3B76C4A-E55A-4930-BB88-C0FB240CA06E@microsoft.com,
Adam <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> How can I successfully and safely remove this malware from a machine
> running windows 2000 professional operating system without upgrading
> to xp and protecting against future occurances of these programs.
>
> Adam.

Run various antispyware apps and see what you can find. Windows Defender,
AVG Antispyware, AdAware, Spybot, are all good.
>
> "Jonathan" wrote:
>
>> Definately sounds like malware is present.
>>
>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:39AF4C17-0ABB-47C6-AF49-795E9E1CCA1C@microsoft.com...
>>> Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home.
>>> Am now
>>> receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following
>>> sites: http://www.regpro32.com
>>> http://www.rinsepro.com
>>> http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
>>> http://www.msrepair.net
>>> and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
>>> --
>>> Robert H.

Frank
Tue Feb 06 10:52:03 CST 2007

"Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B3B76C4A-E55A-4930-BB88-C0FB240CA06E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> How can I successfully and safely remove this malware from a machine
> running
> windows 2000 professional operating system without upgrading to xp and
> protecting against future occurances of these programs.
>
> Adam.
>
> "Jonathan" wrote:
>
>> Definately sounds like malware is present.
>>
>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:39AF4C17-0ABB-47C6-AF49-795E9E1CCA1C@microsoft.com...
>> > Did a destructive recovery on a hp pavilion 511n - Windows XP Home. Am
>> > now
>> > receiving messages stating downloads are needed from the following
>> > sites:
>> > http://www.regpro32.com
>> > http://www.rinsepro.com
>> > http://www.registrycleanerxp.com
>> > http://www.msrepair.net
>> > and others. Are these valid microsoft sites or ????
>> > --
>> > Robert H.
>>
>>

Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing Messenger Plus, whose ads for
malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince you that you
owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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