Problem with scan programs

Jebediah · Feb 20, 2007

Yesterday I got some spyware, I read through the READ & RUN ME FIRST post. I was able to run CounterSpy and BitDefender. I ran CounterSpy in Safe Mode. It ran correctly, but there was no view option in Safe Mode and was unable to get a log. I ran PandaActiveScan in Internet Explorer. It would detect two infected files and then IE would get an unexpected error and close. This was in Normal mode. For both GetRunKey and ShowNew, I would get this error, "The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications." I have not ran HijackThis yet, because it was the last one to run, and I wanted to check here to see what to do. I have the log BitDefender.

TimW · Feb 21, 2007

In the download instructions:

Notes: Possible Error Messages

If your newfiles.txt log appears to be empty or semi-empty or if you get an error message similar to the below when running GetRunKey.bat and you are running Windows XP or Windows 2000, follow the steps further down that relate to your OS. Quote:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Window applications.

To fix the above error message, choose the download below which is appropriate for your system

For Windows XP Pro: download and run XPproFix
[*]For Windows XP Home: download and run XPHomeFix
[*]For Windows 2000: download and run: W2KFix

Then run GetRunKey.bat again and attach the log.

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Problem with scan programs

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