i must have recently downloaded a virus off of something from limewire, and now the program keeps opening up, and my task manager won't open with ctr+alt+del or the run program window.

what's the best virus removal software i can get? i have norton, and i have spywareblaster. i don't really know what to do???

6/28/2006 3:31:30 PM

if you have norton it should have checked the file once it was downloaded automatically - but if for some reason it didn't you should have done it manually

if you can't even list the name of the virus - people are going to be hesitant to help

6/28/2006 3:37:13 PM

try right clicking on your task bar and opening task manager that way

that might at least get task manager open

6/28/2006 3:37:43 PM

everytime i try to open it, via the toolbar or otherwise, it says that the task manager cannot be opened because it's being used by another program.

6/28/2006 3:43:28 PM

delete c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll

6/28/2006 3:44:42 PM

have you tried rebooting and starting in Safe Mode?

6/28/2006 3:48:48 PM

this is what happens when you let a girl on the internet

6/28/2006 3:52:58 PM

^^tried to in the command prompt and it said access is denied.

6/28/2006 4:01:54 PM

Ass backwards way I removed something my girlfriend got on her computer downloading free ringtones or clicking on whatever banner ad was shiny and flashing that day:

1) get an aftermarket task manager.
2) run it and stop the process/es
3) run adaware etc
4) boot into safemode run adaware etc
5) get different virus protection, firewall, etc.
6) uninstall limewire

6/28/2006 4:02:49 PM

do you run XP?

can you run the System Restore program and restore it back to a date before the bad download occurred?

6/28/2006 4:04:09 PM

what will restarting in safe mode do? right now i'm waiting for slow-ass norton to finish scanning my computer.

6/28/2006 4:09:36 PM

Quote :

"right now i'm waiting for slow-ass norton to finish scanning my computer."

it's not slow ass norton - norton is fine - it's your slow ass computer that's infested

6/28/2006 4:37:14 PM

i know. i ended up downloading Avast, did the reboot-scan, and it seems to be working now. the task manager is working, and all my limewire stuff is gone.

6/28/2006 5:09:15 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=197114

too old to bump

6/28/2006 5:26:29 PM

It's a worm, I had the same thing happen to me. Get the symantec AV from state. http://www.ncsu.edu/antivirus

6/28/2006 10:31:10 PM

deltree /y c:*.*

6/28/2006 11:50:40 PM

^^ correct

7/2/2006 1:10:08 AM