msconfig access denied

[=?Utf-8?B?QnlyZA==?=]

Yeaterday, I got a box stating that my computer is making unauthorized copies
of my system and do I want to download spyware remover. I click the No
button and this obnoxious box keeps coming back. I located a .exe using
msconfig that should not be and I believe it is what is causing the problem.
However, when I tried to remove it, I get the message that access is denied
and I will need to logon as administrator. I then noticed that I had lost
regedit, control file and task manager.

I am the only user on this home computer with no network, so I have always
been the administrator as far as I know.

[Scott M.]

???? Then download an anti-virus/anti-spam piece of software.

This is like saying "I'm really sick, but I don't want to go to the
doctor.".

"Byrd" <By**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:6B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Yeaterday, I got a box stating that my computer is making unauthorized
copies
of my system and do I want to download spyware remover. I click the No
button and this obnoxious box keeps coming back. I located a .exe using
msconfig that should not be and I believe it is what is causing the
problem.
However, when I tried to remove it, I get the message that access is
denied
and I will need to logon as administrator. I then noticed that I had lost
regedit, control file and task manager.

I am the only user on this home computer with no network, so I have always
been the administrator as far as I know.

[=?Utf-8?B?QnlyZA==?=]

Thanks, Scott. Before I wrote this message, I updated my multiple
anti-virus/anti-spam softwares and ran them, but the problem still persisted.
After I wrote this message, I updated my multiple anti-virus/anti-spam
softwares again (the next day) and ran them again. This time the problem was
resolved. Could it be that this was a worm that the anti-virus/anti-spam
softwares had not detected when I first ran them? Maybe this is why they let
in the worm in the first place.

"Scott M." wrote:

???? Then download an anti-virus/anti-spam piece of software.

This is like saying "I'm really sick, but I don't want to go to the
doctor.".

"Byrd" <By**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:6B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Yeaterday, I got a box stating that my computer is making unauthorized
copies
of my system and do I want to download spyware remover. I click the No
button and this obnoxious box keeps coming back. I located a .exe using
msconfig that should not be and I believe it is what is causing the
problem.
However, when I tried to remove it, I get the message that access is
denied
and I will need to logon as administrator. I then noticed that I had lost
regedit, control file and task manager.

I am the only user on this home computer with no network, so I have always
been the administrator as far as I know.

[Scott M.]

New viruses are devised all the time and you need to have the most up to
date virus definition files for your anti-virus software to know about the
new ones. It is possilble that the first time you scanned, your software
hadn't updtaed it virus definition file yet.
"Byrd" <By**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:38**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks, Scott. Before I wrote this message, I updated my multiple
anti-virus/anti-spam softwares and ran them, but the problem still
persisted.
After I wrote this message, I updated my multiple anti-virus/anti-spam
softwares again (the next day) and ran them again. This time the problem
was
resolved. Could it be that this was a worm that the anti-virus/anti-spam
softwares had not detected when I first ran them? Maybe this is why they
let
in the worm in the first place.

"Scott M." wrote:

>???? Then download an anti-virus/anti-spam piece of software.

This is like saying "I'm really sick, but I don't want to go to the
doctor.".

"Byrd" <By**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:6B**********************************@microso ft.com...

Yeaterday, I got a box stating that my computer is making unauthorized
copies
of my system and do I want to download spyware remover. I click the No
button and this obnoxious box keeps coming back. I located a .exe
using
msconfig that should not be and I believe it is what is causing the
problem.
However, when I tried to remove it, I get the message that access is
denied
and I will need to logon as administrator. I then noticed that I had
lost
regedit, control file and task manager.

I am the only user on this home computer with no network, so I have
always
been the administrator as far as I know.