Cannot make changes to Registry

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Husky1, Dec 14, 2004.

  1. Husky1

    Husky1 Private E-2

    Toshiba Laptop, XP service pack 2 installed. Has a hijacker to shunt IE6 to a porn site. Ran Hijackthis and can see the start page etc have the site address. Select to remove, shows to be removed. Close Hijackthis and restart and they are still there. Same with regedit. Remove the porn site address or make any other changes and it appears to work but exit and then return and no changes have been made. I have clean booted XP same thing.
    Almost appears that the registry files have been write protected but their attribs are hidden only. Clean boot should have prevented any programs being loaded at startup except something being loaded from the registry itself.
    Can someone suggest something as the next thing will be a rebuild...
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    First, please follow ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal
    If you already have any of the programs linked in the tutorial please double check your version to make sure you have the latest one and that you have any/all updates for the programs.

    NOTE: In order to resolve the issues you are having it is very important that you at least try to perform all the steps as outlined. If you have any difficulty please post back letting us know what steps you have completed, what you found while doing the scans if anything and details about any problems you have encountered in completing the steps. The more details you can provide the better.


    After doing ALL of the above if you still have a problem:

    Make sure you have HJT Version 1.98.2 and follow the guidelines on where to install it and how to post a log as an attachment. This is all covered in the sticky thread NO HIJACK THIS LOG FILES BEFORE READING THIS: HJT Tutorial & LOG File Posting

    Now post a HijackThis as a .txt file attachment to your message. All running programs should be closed, including your web browser, e-mail. Close before running Hijack This!

    To repeat: Do NOT run Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder, or a sub-folder of C:\Documents and Settings, or choose to run it directly from the downloaded ZIP file. Place it in its own folder, for example C:\Program Files\HJT
     

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