Registry Window (W98)

[quaid_johar]

Hi ,
How r u friends ?
Well, Whenever I type "regedit" in Start->Run it displays me the registry window but it appears only for few seconds and it is closed automatically.
Can anyone tell me what's the problem ?
THANKING YOU

[Gernot]

Strange,
did you scan for viruses and spyware?
Download TweakUI (here at WinGuides, Registry/Downloads) install it, chose the repair tab, select Repair Regedit from the drop down menu and click Repair Now.
Good luck!
Gernot
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Gernot on 01/19/03 11:14.</FONT></P>

[TonyKlein]

It certainly sounds like something the Yaha worm might do, for example.

I'd start by running an online scan at <a target="_blank" href=http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp?Language=2&Country=63&Partner=1&Ref=EN-PR-AS-107>Panda Active Scan</a>

[DanK]

Tony may be right.

Heres some info from symantec</font color=red> (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.yaha.k@mm.html><font)

DanK<font color=green> (http://www.winguides.com/forums/sendprivate.php?Cat=&User=DanK><font) /images/forums/icons/laugh.gif

[adg]

If it turns out that it's not a worm, you might try running it from a command prompt window just to see if the same thing happens.

Allan
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.tweakdatabase.com/idealbb>tweakxp.com</a>

[TonyKlein]

And what you might do anyway is go to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#startup>http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#startup</a> , and download 'Startuplist'.

Unzip, doubleclick it, and it will generate a text file that will list all running processes, all applications that are loaded automatically when you start Windows, and more.

Go to Edit &gt; select all, copy it and post the contents here.

It may provide clues.