RootKits, Registry Entries & XP SP3

[system]

OK, I went through the procedure of removing the keys from /CurrentControlSet/ and repairing the installation. Somehow in the process, I damaged the Web scanner (I know I turned it off by mistake sometime while trying to make this work). I ended up with spurious entries only in /ControlSet003/, but the web scanner icon was colored but “grayed out” on the the control panel, and the tray icon, when hovered, did not indicate it as working. Repairing did not help. I rebooted, and got the red-circle-of-death and an RPC error; I repaired again, rebooted and now everything seems to be working and “$%&”-free.

Oh–and no more “rootkits”!

Thanks…I think.

[Vlk]

Yeah, I forgot to say that a reboot or two may be required to complete the “disinfection”.

Cheers
Vlk

[system]

@Vlk post:20

The keys are completely useless but they don’t hurt either. That’s why I think it’s not such an issue - even though thousands of avast users probably have them there, they’ll never really find out (and care about them) anyway.

Thinking of it, I think the person who uses the computer will never notice it. On top of that, I have my hands full with other things to do at the moment. So, I only checked the event viewer of the computer in question to find it happy enough…no nags, I mean, no warning logs. Since nobody including the computer is unhappy, I’ll leave the registry entries alone. In any case, again, thank you for the info.