virus or somethin messed my windows up...

[Lingenfelter]

ok i was playin a game online and someone told me to download this program, normally i would never do this but it was diablo 2 and there was hype about a new upcoming dupe so i fell for it and dl'd it and opened the file after a few minutes all my exe files started messing up, windows could not find the path of any exe files. i scanned the file before i opened it with norton, nothing showed so i thought there was nothing. i cant get in regedit so i cant delete the entry. can someone help me????

[super gerbil]

It kind of sounds like you got a virus. Sorry I can't be more of help but I am not into viruses (viri, virus' ?????)

[jerrygarcia]

Try Housecall from Trend Micro. Free online scan with the latest database.

[Lingenfelter]

Thanks jerry for sending me that link, i had 6 infected files in my hd but kernel32 has been infected and i cant delete it. What should i do with it? thanks again jerry for your help so far

[Lingenfelter]

ok i ended kernel's process in the task manager and deleted it, i know its a system file but i dont know what effect it will have on my computer. if anything really bad happens i will simply have to format and reinstall windows, but if anyone could tell me what effect it will have please do. thanks

[muno]

Heh, kernel32 is a core os file. Your computer should not function without it.
-M

[311Sam]

The virus he had I believe creates a file called kernel32.dli

http://www.symantec.co.jp/avcenter/v...tdevil.15.html

[Lingenfelter]

Well update on that, i formatted my hd and installed win xp professional. just a lesson learned in greed, it doesnt do anything except screw you over