Yesterday my system is affected with "thecoolpics.net".As i got a msg from one of my friend, i unknowing clicked it and got affected.

Now....in
1)start menu run is disabled
2)explorer default page becomes "http://thecoolpics.net"
3)can't change the default page
4)can't access task manager----says contact administrator.
5)for my laptop i am the administrator even though i can't change any internet options
6)tried to open regedit.exe but, says no administrator rights

Please Help

Hi leelamohanreddy. welcome to BC.
You are infected with WORM_SOHANAD.
The manual removal instructions are here. Don't forget to shut off system restore.

Hi...

As per your instructions i wrote the code in note pad and saved with .vbs extension.even then Registry editor is not opening.

Now I can able to access "Task Manager"

I went to "http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/" site and did online scanning even then some infected files were not deleted.

RUN option is missing in startup menu


Any further suggestions please suggest

Regards

Leela

Doesn't the code need the line: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Or is that only when you build a .reg file?

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