Solve : CTRL+ALT+DELETE not working!?

1.	Solve : CTRL+ALT+DELETE not working!?
Answer» I'm using Windows XP. Now, I don't know when this happened, but suddenly CTRL+ALT+DELETE is not working. Also, my computer/internet seems to have gotten slower than normal. So, I went to Run on the Start Menu and typed in taskmgr.exe, but it gave me an error message Another Program is currently using this file. What I do? I've done Windows Defender, Spybot, and Ad-Aware, and they deleted some junk, but it didn't fix any problems at all. Please help!Run your scans, again... Before you do...turn off System Restore. Boot into Safe Mode and then run your scans. Once the scan is complete...reboot your PC and turn System restore back on. Post your results...Sorry, but how do you turn off system restore? And by post your results, do you want to printscreen the RESULT screen and upload the image file?Yes, please follow Saviour's suggestion, but before you do, TRY to update the programs' definitions first. Also, I would suggest downloading (and updating) AVG Free and doing a scan with that. It helps to have an actual VIRUS scanner and not just a bunch of spyware scanners. Quote Sorry, but how do you turn off system restore? And by post your results, do you want to printscreen the result screen and upload the image file? To turn off System Restore... 1. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore 2. Click on System Restore Settings. 3. CHECK Turn off System Restore and click OK. 4. RESTART your computer. To turn it back on after scanning... 5. Follow steps 1 and 2 to return to the settings, uncheck Turn off System Restore, and click OK. 6. Create a new restore point and close the program. As for your other question...some programs will give you the option to save the results as a .txt file. If not, then copy and paste the results into Notepad. If you can't do that, then I suppose a screenshot would have to be sufficient.I downloaded the program and it found ALOT of infected files. I think the culprit may have been a p2p trojan horse back door virus or something. Anyway, CTRL+ALT+DELETE works now. Thanks alot!You're probably right about it being a P2P trojan. There are several out there that like to disable the Task Manager. If you use P2P programs (especially Limewire), they're very hard to avoid. Make sure you update AVG regularly (check at least once a day) and scan about once a week (in Safe Mode if it's not too inconvenient). If you think everything's alright now and if you haven't already done so, you may want to follow the System Restore steps I posted in order to clear out your restore points. If you don't do that, Windows will just back up the malware and you could be re-infected. Quote I downloaded the program and it found ALOT of infected files. I think the culprit may have been a p2p trojan horse back door virus or something. Anyway, CTRL+ALT+DELETE works now. Thanks alot! You're welcome...anytime.

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I'm using Windows XP. Now, I don't know when this happened, but suddenly CTRL+ALT+DELETE is not working. Also, my computer/internet seems to have gotten slower than normal.

So, I went to Run on the Start Menu and typed in taskmgr.exe, but it gave me an error message

Another Program is currently using this file.

What I do? I've done Windows Defender, Spybot, and Ad-Aware, and they deleted some junk, but it didn't fix any problems at all. Please help!Run your scans, again...

Before you do...turn off System Restore. Boot into Safe Mode and then run your scans.

Once the scan is complete...reboot your PC and turn System restore back on.

Post your results...Sorry, but how do you turn off system restore?

And by post your results, do you want to printscreen the RESULT screen and upload the image file?Yes, please follow Saviour's suggestion, but before you do, TRY to update the programs' definitions first. Also, I would suggest downloading (and updating) AVG Free and doing a scan with that. It helps to have an actual VIRUS scanner and not just a bunch of spyware scanners. Quote

Sorry, but how do you turn off system restore?

And by post your results, do you want to printscreen the result screen and upload the image file?

To turn off System Restore...

1. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
2. Click on System Restore Settings.
3. CHECK Turn off System Restore and click OK.
4. RESTART your computer.

To turn it back on after scanning...
5. Follow steps 1 and 2 to return to the settings, uncheck Turn off System Restore, and click OK.
6. Create a new restore point and close the program.

As for your other question...some programs will give you the option to save the results as a .txt file. If not, then copy and paste the results into Notepad. If you can't do that, then I suppose a screenshot would have to be sufficient.I downloaded the program and it found ALOT of infected files. I think the culprit may have been a p2p trojan horse back door virus or something. Anyway, CTRL+ALT+DELETE works now.

Thanks alot!You're probably right about it being a P2P trojan. There are several out there that like to disable the Task Manager. If you use P2P programs (especially Limewire), they're very hard to avoid. Make sure you update AVG regularly (check at least once a day) and scan about once a week (in Safe Mode if it's not too inconvenient). If you think everything's alright now and if you haven't already done so, you may want to follow the System Restore steps I posted in order to clear out your restore points. If you don't do that, Windows will just back up the malware and you could be re-infected. Quote

I downloaded the program and it found ALOT of infected files. I think the culprit may have been a p2p trojan horse back door virus or something. Anyway, CTRL+ALT+DELETE works now.

Thanks alot!

You're welcome...anytime.

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