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Posted by PA Bear on May 9, 2006, 3:58 pm
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Before doing anything, run a thorough check for hijackware (includes posting
your HijackThis log to an appropriate forum for review) as it may be causing
the issue.
Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
PB wrote:
> I have XP Pro & have an issue on the general tab of the xp firewall is
> greyed out & it was turned off for some reason. My services are started
> & group policy is set to not configured. I did find some info on the
> net that if I goto into the registry to here
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> SOFTWARE
> Policies
> Microsoft
> WindowsFirewall
>
> This is what showed up in DomainProfile & StandardProfile folders.
>
> EnableFirewall REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
>
> I changed the value to 1 in the StandardProfile folder it got the firewall
> set to on again but it's still greyed out on the General tab. The restore
> defaults button on the firewall did squat for me. I can't use system
> restore because there are no restore points before this happened. I
> would like to restore the ability to turn on or off the XP firewall
> myself. Can I delete those 2 registry entries in the DomainProfile &
> StandardProfile folders without causing my computer to crash or worse
> reformat? Would it restore the normal operation of XP Firewall? If
> anybody has XP Pro or knows anything about XP Pro it would be helpfull.
> Thanks in advance!
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