How do i keep the registry from reverting back when i make changes to it?
By hussasad
@hussasad (57)
India
August 6, 2007 5:54am CST
Some time back i got a virus in my computer... forgot the exact name of the virus but it has got to do something with a file called 'IISDLL.dll.vbs'.. now i think the virus is gone thanks to norton anti-virus (at least i think its gone)... but it has left behind something....
Whenever i double click on the C or E drive in 'My Computer'... i get a dialog box saying "Cannot find script file C:\IISDLL.dll.vbs" and the drive does not open.... i investigated what could be the problem and found out that there was a folder in the registry which was called 'MountPoints2'... i figured this corresponded to the settings for mounting the drives, that is what should happen when we open a drive...
now under this sub-folder were keys that pointed to the file 'C:\IISDLL.dll.vbs' and no such file existed in my C drive.. so i deleted these keys and then i tried double clicking on the C drive.... this time i did not get the irritating dialog box and the drive opened !!!...
so i figured the problem were caused by the keys in the registry... but whenever i restart my computer, those key turn up again in the registry.. i guess windows detects changes in the registry and restores it to its previous state.. i tried turning off the 'System restore' option and even that doesnt work....
so any of u guys know how to stop windows from undoing the changes i do to the registry??
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@procezx (76)
• India
6 Aug 07
You computer is infected by the malware that has attacked your computers root kit. Virus is still residing in your computer it has not gone. Just do one thing install "Spyware Terminator" run it and see what are the critical objects residing in your system. Actually these are responsible for reverting your registry back to originals as you start you computer.
When you start scan with "Spyware Terminator" it will display you some critical objects delete them one by one after reading their details. And then run anti virus to scan your computer run a deep scan. You can also use "Avir anti virus" a free software which searches root kit for viruses and removes them. Still you find same problem the just format you hard drive and perform a clean install of your OS and then one by one install Anti virus, "Spyware Terminator" and then try to install any other software so that if in case you are trying to install any software which installs the malware like Trojan, BHO, RootKits then the Spyware Terminator will stop that process indicating you about the dangers of installing that software.
The first process will definetly remove the root kit virus but still your computer remains infected then Clean install of the OS is only choice with added security as initial stage. Also if you are using second hand copy of the OS the turn off all the updates.
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@procezx (76)
• India
6 Aug 07
But I would also recommend that do not mess with registry unless you do not know ample details because Norton has one peculiarity it restores the system every time to its original state of perfect running regardless of nay changes you made to it. So also check whether Norton is not interfering your registry changes. If it is then uninstall Norton do the changes you wish to do in your registry restart you computer install Norton now your changes will not be undone.
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