Hi,

I think I have been hit with some kind of virus/worm. I have multiple machines running Windows XP Professional SP2. I cannot access msconfig.exe on any machines. Some machines are running on different networks (physically at different locations and not linked in any way).

When I type msconfig (or msconfig.exe) in the run dialog or try to run it directly from the folder where it is located (C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries) I get an error:

Windows cannot find 'msconfig'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.

I do transfer files on a USB drive between these computers and I suspect this is how all the machines got infected. I run AVG anti-virus, Spybot - Search & Destroy, Ad-aware. AVG and Ad-aware haven't picked up anything obvious, but Spybot always pick up something called Hupigon13 which shows up entries in the registry, something to do with:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe

I have fixed the "Hupigon13" problem in Spybot but it always appears the next time I run a scan.

If anyone can help me out with this or know how to fix the problem I will greatly appreciate it. Thanks you advance.

Jay

Hello golebara, please follow the prework in my signature, and post your hijackthis log in the appropriate forum. Thanks.

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Thanks AW_3_3 for helping me out. I will follow the prework and post the hijackthis log in the appropriate forum.

Hi,

I was actually going to post my HijackThis log but it seems the virus/worm has been fixed. I'm now able to open msconfig.exe through the run dialog after running the prework.

Thank you.

Jay

Hi,

Problem is still there I'm afraid.

Now I'm able to to open msconfig.exe, the regedit.exe stopped working. I'm no longer able to open the Windows registry. Everytime I type in the run command (regedit or regedit.exe) it displays the following error message:

Windows cannot find 'regedit'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.

This is after I have followed the prework on multiple machines running Windows XP Pro SP2. Should I post my HijackThis log?

Kind regards,

Jay