PA
Wed May 10 14:05:16 CDT 2006
And have you posted a HijackThis log to an appropriate forum for review?
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~PA Bear
PB wrote:
> I ran KillBox to delete the the temp files. I also ran Ad-Aware SE
> Professional - Spybot - Search & Destroy & Norton Antivirus in safe mode
> with protected operating system files & hidden files showing & system
> restore was turned off. Fortunatley nothing showed up but the problem
> still exist with Windows Firewall where the on & off buttons are still
> greyed out. Can I adjust some settings somewhere, modify or delete those
> registry entries I mentioned?
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
> > Before doing anything, run a thorough check for hijackware (includes
> > posting your HijackThis log to an appropriate forum for review) as it
> > may be causing the issue.
> >
> > Checking for/Help with Hijackware
> >
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> >
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> >
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
> >
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
> >
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> >
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
> >
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
> >
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
> >
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
> >
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
> >
> > When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
> > (
http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
> > use. It will help you to both identify and remove any
> > hijackware/spyware. **Post your log to
> >
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
> >
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
> > forums for expert analysis, not here.**
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> >
> >
> > PB wrote:
> > > I have XP Pro & have an issue on the general tab of the xp firewall is
> > > greyed out & it was turned off for some reason. My services are
> > > started & group policy is set to not configured. I did find some
> > > info on the net that if I goto into the registry to here
> > >
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> > > SOFTWARE
> > > Policies
> > > Microsoft
> > > WindowsFirewall
> > >
> > > This is what showed up in DomainProfile & StandardProfile folders.
> > >
> > > EnableFirewall REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
> > >
> > > I changed the value to 1 in the StandardProfile folder it got the
> > > firewall set to on again but it's still greyed out on the General
> > > tab. The restore defaults button on the firewall did squat for me. I
> > > can't use system restore because there are no restore points before
> > > this happened. I would like to restore the ability to turn on or off
> > > the XP firewall myself. Can I delete those 2 registry entries in the
> > > DomainProfile & StandardProfile folders without causing my computer
> > > to crash or worse reformat? Would it restore the normal operation of
> > > XP Firewall? If anybody has XP Pro or knows anything about XP Pro it
> > > would be helpfull. Thanks in advance!