Pest Patrol wont delete registry pests, says reg is disabled by admin.

So i was cleaning out my friends comp (which is very much infected with spyware and ad ware and a few worms to that Pest Patrol found.) And when it runs through deleting the files it finds in registry, it sayd that it cant because the regedit was disabled by the admin. how can i change that so that PP can delete what it needs?

 

you could try booting it in safe mode and runing it again

 

I have found that after running everything first Pest Patrol, Spy Bot, Ad Aware, and after all of that if it can still not get rid of everything then if you run HIJACKTHIS and delete it all and then run Pest Patrol again it should work.

~LuMa

 

sorry forgot to add my way of thinking
some worms /virus can change settings to stop themselves being deleted
by the way theres a updated avast tool try this as well

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4188.html

 

I made this inf for Windows XP, but should work on other OSes, I do believe. Nonetheless, its at your own risk.

If registry tools have been disabled, regedit won't work for the above suggestion.

IF that is the case, unzip this inf to your desktop, right click and choose install. This is what it contains:

[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=AddMe

[AddMe]

HKCU, "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System","DisableRegistryTools",6
5537,00

 

Hey it worked! wOOt! thanks a lot guys!

 

That is terrible advice. HijackThis is a tool for advanced users only, deleted everything it finds will mess up a system pretty bad. If you don't know what you're talking about don't mislead someone like that.

 

BWAHAHA
maybe thats the way forward theres so many of these logs about now to save all that reading just use this quote

They wont be back in a hurry



DISCLAIMER: Im only kidding

 

LMAO!

That would definitely cut down on all the logs

 

logs,logs i can see logs http://www.majorgeeks.com/vb/images/icons/icon10.gif

 

I am sorry about that comment, I should have been more clear.

Just anytime that I have used Hijackthis it has saved my a**

~LuMa