running windows xp.. i cant open the task manager. Well thats a bit un true. When I CtrlAltDel and go to task manager it is minimized and I cant open it or maximize it. And if I try again it just creates a second open copy doing the same thing. Im guessing some sort of virus that is trying to hide itself by not letting me view whats running.. any ideas?
Can you right click on the task bar and see task manager? If so, try running it that way next and let us know. Look at your drop down menu Options for minimize, hide, etc. Let us know.
No it does the exact same thing. and nothing happens if i right click it once I open it. I can see the icon for it down on the bottom right but i cant do anything with it.
also I have now scanned my computer with Trend Micro's housecall and Symantec (both online scans) and with McAfee (on my computer) And they all find 0 infected files...
Did you try this: start*run*taskmgr.exe or start*run*taskmgr what does that do?? scan your C drive for task*.exe and report back your findings with filenames and folder locations. Thanks.
Here is a link to an Awesome piece of software that replaces task manager. Let's figure out your issue first; then, try this software out another time. It actually replaces task manager. Did you by change install this sfw and replace task manager?? http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
trying to run it from start>run does the same i had already attempted that.. searching for it showd this... TASKMAN C:\WINDOWS taskkill C:\WINDOWS\system32 tasklist C:\WINDOWS\system32 taskman C:\WINDOWS\system32 taskmgr C:\WINDOWS\system32 taskkill???
Ok, it is probably spyware / virus that corrupted taskmgr.exe. Can you replace it with another copy from another Computer and try it?? taskkill is used to kill a started task; ie PID (process ID); same thing as killing it via taskmanager when you right click on the process and perform end task. If so, give that a try ... replacing the exe with another copy. It may be corrupt. From ddp, try this: Download, Install & Run ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ cwshredder http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html ad-aware se http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-... spybot s&d http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html do an online virus & spyware scan with trendmicro; which you already did. Let us know.
cool ill get on that.. the 3rd link doesnt work though.. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-... although im having trouble installing CClearner.. it just locks up at CCsytem.dll cwshredder found nothing. spyware doctor found a few.
after doing all of the above, and making sure i had all my windows updates.. after a restart it opened once... however, it went right back to its old ways quickly. Also Word and Excell have been acting up from time to time. Occasionly when I open them they stop responding either right away or as soon as i click on something.
put your xp cd in, restart your computer, boot from cd, select repair, choose o/s, press enter, type chkdsk /r, let it run, it takes around 30 mins. and why has no-one said run microsoft antispyware ? anti bill gates ? microsoft antispyware actually works which is more than i can say for their windows
