cant shut down (different problem) and defrag wont run.... and regedit won't run. .. . . .and a ton of run= commands in startup/was virus, fixed

[ArkAoss]

if you click shut down from start menu, and tell it to shut down, it just goes away, and nothing happens, reboot work though. also defrag keeps saying drive has changed and restarts, every thing is shut down, ctrl alt del'd just lefy explorer and systray, screen saver is disabled, what am i missing.. . .

ok quantex is dead i gather

it was a virus, issue resolved, thanx to all

 

[ArkAoss]

bump

 

[ArkAoss]

bump
plz pweople

 

[CHiMPBizKiT]

Quantex? I bought a system there and service was horrible. I don't know if they went bankrupt of not ... their site isn't up anymore (maybe someone can confirm). DO NOT SHOP QUANTEX!

 

[LXi]

I beg to differ, Quantex has very nice custom service and they made some nice machines. Too bad they went south, CyberMax closed down too(I think they merged with Quantex), they were the pioneer of AMD systems. Too great companies that I hate to see them go away.

 

[Wah]

quantex tech support wouldn't take back a defective monitor they sold me. Brand new monitor...the image was completely distorted and the mother fuc&er had the balls to tell me that I was being "too picky". Can you believe that sh!t? The dude didn't even see my monitor and he was telling me that I was PICKY???? Has a tech support guy ever in your life told you that you were too picky??? Didn't think so...

I just returned the monitor and bought a new one somewhere else.

well... i'm glad they are gone so no one else has to ever go through that crap.

 

[Pennstate]

looks like it's time for a format and fresh install of the the OS.

 

[lenjack]

Quantex and CyberMax went belly up.

 

[ArkAoss]

ok so quantex is closed, also this thing when we click on regedit, it flashs up nd goes away fast, also in the msconfig window, the last tab, there is a section with like a hundred run= commands, last one is some file, what is that? and we can not get into the registry yet, and microsoft isnt much help, unless you know of search words. . . any one please, at least bump this a bit so it mulls over night plz~~!@~~!~!~!~!~!

 

[Mem]

If you don`t want to do a fresh clean install try this, put Windows OS CD in,open Windows explorer click on setup in the directory of the CD,& Windows should install itself over the top this may repair any damage it finds,Btw I `ve done this(Win98 os1) & it kept all my programs including DirectX.

 

[gooseman]

Ark, my niece had the exact same problem on her computer. It's a virus downloaded through your email. Time to reformat and reinstall.

 

[ArkAoss]

hmm tried the reinstall oover didn't work. i think goose man sounds like that whats up, this is the system of some guy my dad works with, it has a backup of the factory settings, im sure his kids can add all there junk again without the virus, hopefully ,though they had like panda virus, and lotus this that, and macafee, and stuff out the wizwang, thing is, it didn't crop up till i installed winzip, then it went ca plooy ,

 

[narzy]

did ya go into safe mode,usually it will all work in safe mode and you can scandisk and defrag and even regedit just a thought...or wipe the HD.

 

[Viper22]

ArkAoss i hate to break this to you but update your virus software and run a Scan.....Im almost 100% sure you have the AOL Password Stealer Virus on your Machine. I see it all the time in the Service Center i work at and those are the exact symptoms. You need to update your Virus Software, then go to safe mode and run a scan and Quarentine and delte the files it comes up with as infected....then edit your startup to remove all the run= commands. Hope this Helps.

Viper22

 

[dcdomain]

Actually, to chime in here, Quantex and Cybermax were both very very good companies until the last few weeks before they went belly up. Both of them were owned by a parent company based in NJ called Fountain Systems I think. Everything went belly up when Fountain Systems lost funding...

My friend has had great service from Quantex, replace almost half his computer right before his warranty was up. Which meant he got a lot better components for free.

 

[Mem]

It definetly sounds now like a virus or two anyway you last resort if everything else fails is to format & do a clean install,I hope what Viper22 said fixes the problem.

 

[earthman]

I also recommend a clean, totally clean install at this point. If the registry is messed up badly, it will be the only way to get the system back on track...otherwise you will keep importing the same screwed up settings and keys, and the problem won't go away. Just make sure you get rid of that virus completly, though, or you are wasting your time.

 

[Gunbuster]

It's the AOL trojan worm. mine.exe or one of it's clones
note how you also cant run regedit

 

[ArkAoss]

thanx a bunch, am looking into it being a virus,

 

[dennilfloss]

Check the trojan removal program here and you may not need to format.

 

[ArkAoss]

it was pwsteal.trojan virus, NAV knocked it around, and tonight i'm gonna run some other trojan killers on it, thanx all!! aol worm, mine.exe just like ya'll said..