How to edit registry key (regkey) in Windows XP or Vista?

February 28th, 2007 | by Brian |
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Basic Registry Editing in Windows XP/Vista

Editing registry key can be very complicated and highly risky. Please do NOT try this unless you are absolutely positive that you might mess up the system, and as always, it’s highly recommended that you do a backup of the registry (or whole system) before making any modifications.

Since it would take hours to talk about the registry, I am just going through the very basic steps. You can always refer to the Microsoft website or books for full details. Here’s the most common steps you might ever need to know for basic troubleshooting:

For Windows XP:

  1. In Windows XP, from Start, and then click on Run.
  2. Type “regedit“, then click on OK.
  3. Now it opens the Registry Editor.
  4. You can easily navigate through the subkey if you know what you are looking for. Or, you can press “Ctrl + F” to locate the subkey that contains the value you want to edit. (F3 to Find Next)

For Windows Vista:

  1. From Start, then type “regedit“.
  2. Click on “regedit” on the search result to open the registry editor in Windows Vista.
  3. Step 3 & 4 are the same as Windows XP (see above).

That’s all you need to know for basic editing such as removing spyware or troubleshooting a basic Windows problem. Please digg it if you find this helpful. Good luck!

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  1. 173 Responses to “How to edit registry key (regkey) in Windows XP or Vista?”

  2. By carl on Feb 28, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for the guide, good to know when you need to make that registry edit to fix some obscure thing that goes wrong with windows that needs a registry check/fix to sort it out!

  3. By Martins on Mar 4, 2007 | Reply

    I couldn’t find these…
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESpyDawn HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion App PathsSpyDawn.exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion UninstallSpyDawn HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTTypeLib{661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDA} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDA […]
    WHY????????????

  4. By megan on Mar 4, 2007 | Reply

    Thank you for the help. I’ve been trying to figure this out for weeks. Im not to technical with what software isn’t a scam!

  5. By megan on Mar 4, 2007 | Reply

    now what am I suppose to do with the files that was located?

  6. By jack on Apr 5, 2007 | Reply

    couldn’t find these…
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESpyDawn HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion App PathsSpyDawn.exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion UninstallSpyDawn HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTTypeLib{661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDA} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDA […]
    WHY????????????
    whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  7. By Cole on Apr 10, 2007 | Reply

    Do I have to reboot afterwards because after deleting them the icon for Spylocked is still in the bottom right.

  8. By Suzuna on Apr 16, 2007 | Reply

    do we just delete the registery keys below:

    HKEY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpyDawn
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \App Paths\SpyDawn.exe
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Uninstall\SpyDawn
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{661173EE-FA31-4769-97D4-B556B5D09BDA}
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{661173EE-FA31-4769-97
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\antivermins
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app paths\antivermins.exe
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run antivermins
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\antivermins
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SNO2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PestTrap
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SpywareQuake
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\E2CA7CD1-1AD9-F1C4-3D2A-DC1A33E7AF9D
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareQuake\refid:”1″
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SpywareQuake\Language:”1033″
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SpyQuake2.co

    to get rid of the system alert problem??? pls help.

  9. By Brian on Apr 16, 2007 | Reply

    Suzuna,

    Removing those regkeys alone would not get rid of the system alert popups. You need to stop the appropriate processes, unregister and delete the infected dll’s then delete the corresponding regkeys in order to completely get rid of the annoying system alert problems. You can also check the SpyLocked removal instructions which contain the latest infected files at this point in time.

    Hope this helps. Good luck!

  10. By Your Worst Nightmare on Apr 16, 2007 | Reply

    Why the Damned Hell it always say Registry Editing Has Been Disabled by The Admin !!!! but im the admin !!!! the hell with it pls help me !!!!!!!!!!

  11. By Your Worst Nightmare on Apr 17, 2007 | Reply

    anybody help ???????????????

  12. By Your Worst Nightmare on Apr 17, 2007 | Reply

    help pls anybody ???????????????????????/ pls pls pls pls pls pls

  13. By zoliasi on Apr 22, 2007 | Reply

    for y.w.n.
    try to log off and log in back with the admin account

  14. By Same Story on Apr 24, 2007 | Reply

    for y.w.n

    if you are using an account w admin access already, then most likely a mal software has disabled your regedit.

    you’ll first have to be sure that the software is not active on the memory.

    then copy and paste below code to a textfile named whatever.inf and left click install on the file

    hope this help

    [Version]

    Signature=”$Chicago$”

    Provider=SameStory

    [DefaultInstall]

    DelReg=del

    [del]

    HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System,DisableRegistryTools

  15. By … on May 10, 2007 | Reply

    my pal has his regedit hacked, so everytime i tried to open it notepad appears instead…
    you have suggestions?
    email ASAP

  16. By Redlightning on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    I got spylocked removed but the toolbar is still there any other way to get to go away?

  17. By Redlightning on May 11, 2007 | Reply

    lol nvm its gone…

    I used Spyhunter ,Regseeker,& Clean up! all together

    & btw I never used spyhunter to remove them I used it just to location of the Registry then used Regseeker to Destory them.
    & 1 more thing the (dir/w/p) command can help in CMD mode

  18. By zemo420 on May 25, 2007 | Reply

    i found these files in my registery HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{25b7d2fd-4f71-46d1-801a-7de323e4ec82}
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler
    can i just delete them. trying to get rid of spylock. thanks for the help

  19. By Tonia on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply

    I have a win 98 SE and it is not just only Win XP or Vista that the spylocked is infecting and btw the version I got is Spylocked 4.1 i am gona try to remove it from my add and remove progam and see if it will solve my pblm.
    So you need to change the cliam that it only infects win xp and vista on your heading and include win 98 and win 98 se.
    Tonia

  20. By Susan on Jun 4, 2007 | Reply

    I apologize for my ingnorance, but I am not sure how to delete the registry. My computer has the Vundo Trojan and I am trying to delete its registry. I found the directory and inthe directory there are 5 files

    1. Default REG_SZ
    2. Asynchronous REG_DWORD
    3. DLLName REG_SZ
    4. Impersonate REG_DWORD
    5. Unlock REG_SZ

    Do I the folder containing these files and that’s it?
    Thanks in advance for your help.

  21. By girl on Jun 7, 2007 | Reply

    i used SpyHunter in order to find all the files, cookies, and registry keys that i needed to delete or unregister, etc. i figured out how to delete the files and such, but in the registry, there are still a few keys that i cannot find at all. why is this? the only part of the keys i can see in SpyHunter are Object name:System location: HKey_Current_User\SOF… and another file is Object name: Microsoft\Windows\… with the location in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOF.. now i’m assuming that HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOF .. ends with SOFTWARE. i went in there millions of times and i still cannot find these files. are they hiding somewhere?

  22. By Smarty101 on Jun 14, 2007 | Reply

    SpyCrush just popped up on my computer out of the blue, so i looked it up and this website told me just about everything i needed to know.
    All i’ve got to do is try out the steps and hope to hell that it works.

  23. By George on Jul 18, 2007 | Reply

    I have Windows 2000 and ran the Spyhunter program. While it found and removed the bad cookies, registries and files, the icon is still flashing in the lower right corner. Any help with this?

  24. By Miguel on Jul 24, 2007 | Reply

    All I want to know is: Is it possible to do all that that you’ve talked? I ask this because when I start windows it fails in the desktop with the message “Windows Explorer doesn’t respond” and then he restarts the desktop icons again and again. Always doing this, I can’t even click on any icon because I don’t have time. The only program that the computer starts is the Virus protect pro.

  25. By gil_lsa on Aug 24, 2007 | Reply

    hi there. i’ve used spyhunter to scan for the WinAntiVirus Pro. i just want to ask if i’ve found the registries then what do i do with them? do i just have to delete them?

    also i got a virus called RateYouFace or RateTheFace(i forgot which one) and it’s a msn virus. i tried googling on how to remove it but nothing comes up. What should i do to remove it????

  26. By TL on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    i can’t access regedit…everytime i try, it says it has been disabled by the admin….but it is MY comp…i never disabled anything for regedit…plz help

  27. By ks on Oct 8, 2007 | Reply

    i can’t seem to get rid of the annoying system alert. I’ve purchase software to scan and remove protect pro virus from the computer. but can’t seem to get rid of the “system alert” on the right hand, bottom corner.

    Any help, suggest? Thanks.

  28. By kyawmyothet on Dec 16, 2007 | Reply

    i want to know more please write more

  29. By Pedmer on Feb 28, 2008 | Reply

    What reg concern to the gui envirnoment of XP?

  30. By computertard on Mar 5, 2008 | Reply

    hi im trying to install a program on vista and it says i cant access HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pal
    i tryed opening that in regedit and it says i cant access it but im the administrator….
    btw im running vista

  31. By computertard on Mar 5, 2008 | Reply

    nvm fixed it by doing some batch shizzle

  32. By darren on Mar 21, 2008 | Reply

    help to remove xp antivirus 2008 pls

  33. By BobbyJ on Mar 22, 2008 | Reply

    xpantivirus2008…. making me crazy… deleted everything found in files, registry, start-up…etc… still getting never-ending pop-ups, unwanted scans and interruptions….. HELP?????

  34. By john on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply

    help….Im getting VERY mad at my computer, i want to throw it across the room. I have a crap load of trojans because of this darn zlob adware. you can email me at sum41ismyidol@yahoo.com for info on my problem.. it would REALLY help…

  35. By Jeff on Apr 7, 2008 | Reply

    help, i have files secure 2.2 on my computer and every time i open IE a box pops up that says i have a trojan and tries to get me to download a program when i choose “ok.”
    i cant even search anything on google because my browser gets hijacked by porn ads… im getting very angry with my computer and none of this stuff makes any sense at all to me… btw im running vista

  36. By Fastfreddie1959 on Apr 16, 2008 | Reply

    First things first.
    Turn off system restore-then scan & remove.
    Worse case do it in safe mode…
    works every time…

  37. By hally on May 11, 2008 | Reply

    i want to enable the LAn properties of my account.so please give me suzzestion ho wto enable the setting of LAN properties

  38. By bruce hoyt on May 12, 2008 | Reply

    lease remove this from my computer

  39. By Payal on May 13, 2008 | Reply

    1.I realised my PC was infected with spyware by the blue desktop taking over with a warning that my machine was infected with spyware, and then a link to scan my PC. The link then takes you to a download site for PC-antispyware and PC-cleaner. Mistakenly I had downloaded both the files and now my system has become very slow with intermediate false pop ups. Can anybody just tel how to get rid of this softwares. You may mail me: Payal@yahoo.com

  40. By sarkar on May 14, 2008 | Reply

    how to unhook the registry key. i m using win xp n not able to run task manager

  41. By Milos on May 17, 2008 | Reply

    Hi, i have just now come upon this stinky virus. As everybody, i almost completely installed it, but NOD32 worned me of the Trojan, so i terminated it. Now, i have warnings all the time about the virus as well as the advise for its installation. When i scan with spy-hunter, it finds nothing, when i try to find some of the tread files, there is none and no registry either. What the hell…!!!
    What should I do??? Pls!!!

  42. By Milos on May 18, 2008 | Reply

    its IEANTIVIRUS bdw…

  43. By teresa barbosa on May 18, 2008 | Reply

    je veux suprimir le virus winAntiviruspro

  44. By christina on May 20, 2008 | Reply

    I need big help. I got this antivirus 2008. on sunday. I have tryed everything possible and can not get rid of it. I went in to the c drive and tryed deleting it and this message comes up can not delete Anturs. exe Access is denied .Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and the the file is not currently in use. please help . I already had a anti virus program in my computer. and a spyware program. I found the spot where the numbers S-1-5-20 and so on but still can not delete this out.

  45. By jacky on May 23, 2008 | Reply

    help icant take of thide shit

  46. By Remi(France) on Jun 4, 2008 | Reply

    Sorry for my english
    I have tried to do this, but in fact when i clik on ok with redegit on run, it marks “the modification of the register has been disabled by your administrator”

    What have i to do? Please help me, it’s urgent.
    Thanks.

  47. By How to recreate registry entries? on Jun 4, 2008 | Reply

    how to recreate registry entries in vista & xp once deleted?

  48. By Sammie on Jun 10, 2008 | Reply

    hi. i had the SpyGuarder download itself onto my computer and i did everything u sed to do up there ^ and im pretty sure iv deleted the program from everywhere on my computer but i still get a pop up page that says “Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack.” and it then recommends that i get their full real-time protection for my PC. if i click to get it it brings me to the SpyGuarder home page where i would have to buy the protection. (i havent done that) is it just the program trying to re-download to my computer?! plzz help me its realy annoying!

  49. By korky on Jun 13, 2008 | Reply

    pls can you tell me what is registration key and e mail???pls pls

  50. By AndyR on Jun 13, 2008 | Reply

    Sammie, You have inadvertently downloaded and installed WinSpywareProtect – which is a counterfeit anti-spyware program that will dramatically slow down your pc and pose security risks. Follow the following link on this site and follow the steps in full, one by one. http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/winspywareprotect-win-spyware-protect-removal-instructions

  51. By Sammie on Jun 16, 2008 | Reply

    okk. i did the first step and didnt have spydawn in that list. i went ahead and did all the other steps tho, but that pop up page is still showing up on my computer. is there anything else i can do?? plzz helpp!

    p.s. thx AndyR for the help =)

  52. By Bro433 on Jun 22, 2008 | Reply

    same i have master anti-virus and pcprivacycleaner-remover keep poping up and i need free remover :( all the ones only show u wat they are but don’t delete them

  53. By tomasmateus on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply

    remocao do xp antivirus 2008

  54. By Kyle on Jun 29, 2008 | Reply

    Frigg., this thing iss soo gayyy

  55. By fran on Jun 29, 2008 | Reply

    cannot uninstall AntiSpywareMaster. came up by it’s self.
    how can i get rid of it.

  56. By connor on Jun 30, 2008 | Reply

    hey i installed antivirus 2009 by accident…. but i didnt register, is it still as dangerous if you havent registered ?

  57. By tommy on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply

    hey, does anyone know hoe to change back the background pic/settings after removing the antivirus xp 2008….
    because i have remove the antivirus xp 2008 but the settings of my background did not change!

  58. By Ed on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply

    I caught the ultimate antivirus 2008 and did not sign up for it. I installed Microsoft forefront client and got rid of most all of it that I know of. I also followed the removal process from microsoft windows blog. However, in the control panel there is a shield icon that says ultimate Antivirus 2008 under it that I can’t get rid of. I think its just an icon and everything harmful has been deleted. Still, anyone know how to remove it?
    Thanks,
    Ed

  59. By Chris from NC on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply

    I too got this XP Antivirus 2008, I removed all the files stated above, but now it is still eating away at my system files, I can not download anything from any update page. The page is either missing or it will not allow me to download. I too get the admin message sometimes. My restore window is blank. The more I work on it the worse it seems to get. I have taken it completely offline b/c I’m redirected anyway. I did find one .dll file that seems to be part of the issue that I can not remove b/c it’s always in use (even in safe mode)and I can not find the process it is linked to… any ideas?

  60. By John T. Vannest on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply

    Please stop this GOD awful messsss that you have created. Thank you . P S Why do you do this to people that are BROOK .

  61. By jokeblue still here on Jul 13, 2008 | Reply

    I still have the JokeBlue background on my computer. McAfee keeps finding it but it can’t remove it and I can’t delete it. Someone had a suggestion on here somewhere to go into regedit and then search for something but now I can’t find the thread back to see what it was — something about nobackground or nodisp or something like that. Anyone know?

  62. By John on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply

    regedit is not a valid win32 application? How am I supposed to follow these instructions if my computer can’t even get me past the first step?

  63. By Chris Cruz on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply

    is it okay if i perform all these tasks in safe mode….because otherwise, my system is so slow..

  64. By kiskandar on Jul 22, 2008 | Reply

    help me..i removed vav exe. with deleted folder in windows/vav exe but i still find sign virus alert in task bar..how i supposed to do..please

  65. By Aleksey on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply

    Thank you for the help.
    Gracias por la ayuda.
    Спасибо за помош…………..

  66. By talkshit on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply

    kiskandar kindly follow the steps below to remove the virus alert in task bar.

    Open registry editor and navigate through the following registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

    Look for sTimeFormat REG_SZ HH:mm: VIRUS ALERT!

    Edit the value of “sTimeFormat”
    Change the value to h:mm:ss tt

    *Note: should be all lower case

  67. By Chris on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply

    I cannot remove these files. My c:/ drive has been hijacked along with my control panel. I cannot access the command prompt either…any clues or help would be appreciated. Thanks

  68. By sue on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Hi has anyone had trouble with money going missing from accounts after paying for the spyware?
    Cheers

  69. By Malinda on Aug 3, 2008 | Reply

    ok, so now what do I do after it is done searching? Do I restart my computer or what?

  70. By envy on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply

    i can’t seem to get rid of the annoying system alert software to scan and remove protect pro virus from the computer(vista 2008 & vista 2009). i have tried to remove and delete but can’t seem to get rid of the “system alert” on the right hand, bottom corner.

    Pls help….

  71. By l?? on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply

    after i locate the files just delete them?

  72. By Gerald on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply

    I followed the directions for removal of this virus, but noticed that the virus put some slightly different named files onto my harddrive than those mentioned in the removal instructions. I deleted according to the directions and what I felt were files close in name to what was printed. I am now free of all the maliciousness of this virus, but in so doing I have lost my desktop modification tab in display edit leaving me with no way to customize my background or activate the screen saver. If I found the person that did this, I would use him for target practice

  73. By Ana on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply

    i tried to restore after a failed atempt to remove the folder of antispyware master that was already in bin, and the restore failed, but when the system started again it was ok and i was able to erase the folder from the bin. is that it? that’s all? there’s nothing bothering me anymore and the system is ok, but i don’t know if there’s still something in the system…

  74. By richard on Aug 12, 2008 | Reply

    I can’t open it.

    PLZ help!

  75. By Dustin on Aug 13, 2008 | Reply

    hello, been battling this nasty anti virus xp 2008 for a day now and I think I have deleted all the files I need to. Few problems though.
    1. On my task manager iexporer.exe still comes up when I open my Internet Explorer. I believe the virus is still infecting my internet but I dont know where the file is to delete it.
    2. I can access my task manager but not my regedit from run which I need to open to get to the things i need to delete. I get this message “registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.” obviously I am the administrator but cannot access my registry.

    any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated.

  76. By Jose on Aug 14, 2008 | Reply

    Yes I know how to get read of the splash(background) screen with the fake Spyware msg, just e-mail me and I will tell

  77. By Lysa on Aug 14, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve just been hit w/ this virus on Tuesday and I am also need help in trying to disinfect it from my pc. any advice on how to without taking to the pc repair man?

  78. By Monec on Aug 15, 2008 | Reply

    I am running Vista Ultimate, but when I try to access Windows and support, it throws an error. The error states that cannot download from ‘/’. Clearly there is registry value for the Help and Support page missing. Does anyone know when in the registry this address should be located, and/or what the setting should be?

  79. By phil on Aug 16, 2008 | Reply

    many people reading this website have paid money to bogus anti virus sites.In this day and age it is possible to trace credit card transactions.No doubt millions of dollars have been transferred globally to mr.antivirus 2009,easy to trace if someone has will.I realise computer sales are down and money has to be generated somewhere to keep people employed in the industry.But why let Mafia run the world.Someone somewhere knows where this money is being transferred to may even have acc.no.please tell the world,no doubt mr.antivirus 2009 is a genious,but would like to know his address.It is only our own fault,F.B.I.could solve this problem in a minute,but it would cost jobs.

  80. By Patrick Reeves on Aug 18, 2008 | Reply

    This page can not be read as the comments overlay the instructions.

    Can you fix so we can see how to get rid of XP SECURITY CENTER?

  81. By Ima on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply

    I can’t get Symantec’s vptray icon to show.
    Symantec sent me the registry to check this key;

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    then;

    # Click Edit> New> String Value.
    # Name the value “Vptray” and press Enter.
    # Double-click Vptray.
    # Type the path to Vptray.exe, enclosing it in quotation marks, and press Enter.

    Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP:

    “C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\Vptray.exe”

    The value shown on my computer is;

    C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANT~1\SYMANT~1\vptray.exe

    The path to the program on my machine is;

    C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus

    My question is;

    What is the reason for the tilde characters and the underscores in the different versions. and
    should I merely type the path to the actual file on my computer as is.

    The underscores and tildes worry me.

  82. By seif on Aug 24, 2008 | Reply

    all i want to know is how can i register windows vista

  83. By Archdrafter on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply

    wow, so I’m not the only one who fell into this trap. I just got cable internet and had this website pop up when I brought up my browser saying I needed to download IEAntivirus
    going against everything I was taught about this kinda stuff, I downloaded it. now I have the same problems all of you seem to have. To all, Thanks for the info. on how to get rid of this nasty little virus. I’m gonna go in and get rid of this bugger and then reformat my drives and start reinstalling xp cuz my PC is very un organized, I got it used from a friend and didn’t know much at the time.
    Again, Thanks to all who are helping people get rid of this virus.

  84. By anitvirus nd spyware on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply

    EVEY TIME I GO 2 TURN ON MY COMPUTER Popups
    KEEP ON COMING UP ON DE FRONT OF MY COMPUTER
    AND EVERYTIME IT COMES UP I GET AN ANTIVIRIOUS ADN A ANTISPYWARE KEEPS COMING UP ON MY COMPUTER ND ANTISPYCHEEK ALERT KEEPS ON COMING UP ASWELL ND SECURITY COMUS UP AS WELL
    ND FROM ALL DAT I CANT GET IN2O MY INTERNET EXPOLER IT WONT LET ME GO ON 2 MY YAHOO PAGE ND EVERY TIME I DO DE WHOLE PG JUST GOES BLANK ON ME
    I CANT GET IN2O MY PAGE COULD U HELP ME GET DIS VIRUS OFF MY PAGE AND GET ALL DIS OFF MY PAGE WB WEN ON ND HELP ME GET DIS OFF TANK U VERRY MUCH

  85. By anitvirus nd spyware on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply

    BY CELINE ND CAN U HELP ME GET DIS VIRIOUS OFF MY COMPUTER TANK U

  86. By Karen on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks for all the tips!
    I searched my system for an hour or more, deleting all the files that matched for Win Antivirus 2008. Nothing helped until I did a system restore and picked a date that I knew was far enough in the past to get rid of this terrible burden.
    I THINK this finally did it! Yay! :)

  87. By nicole on Sep 14, 2008 | Reply

    please send all this tips but in spanish! plzz!

    thanks

  88. By amthony on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply

    antivirus 2008 should be sued for this these is against the cyberlaw..does cyberlaw doesnt monitor on these there are a lot of victims and still you guys are fooling all the people…in other words you suck great!and the team that built antivirusxp2008

  89. By jenny on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply

    i believe i have deleted all of the antivirus xp 2008 files, and wonder if there is a way to restore the capability to change my wallpaper?

    the tab to do so has disappeared.

    many thanks for any suggestions, jenny

  90. By michael w. fuller on Sep 29, 2008 | Reply

    live in los angeles, ca. every 5 weeks i have to deal with a serious virus, but this one takes the cake (or my computer). i’ve read where someone would like to kill this person, i say no let him rot in maximum security prison with laxative in their food, every meal(for reasons that they killed my computer with their stupid virus)
    i’m stuck in a wheelchair and my ears ring 24/7. (cerebral palsy and tinitus, nine tears and ciunting.)and no freinds to speak of and the family doesn’t want anything to do with me either, and at 51 1/2 amost 52 by less than two months well, wake up fool and get with reality, would you like to deal with all i’m dealing with??? i could go on and on but i’ll stop here for now.
    eternity well i got some news for the so and so, you opened a bad door that you can’t return.
    mfuller6@ca.rr.com

  91. By CaliforniaIsADream on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply

    Would seriously like to know the address of the ASSHOLES who came up with this BS virus known as Antivirus 2008 and also Antimalware 2009. Thousands of hours of time wasted by thousands of people who just want to do their goddamn jobs without some shits interrupting their already over hectic lives. The address and names PLEASE!!!

  92. By Roflcopter on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply

    Lol
    Cali
    I agree with that statement the minute i find
    out il tell you then we can give the virus
    makers what they deserve

  93. By Skip on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply

    MEGAN, did anyone get back to your question – “now what am I suppose to do with the files that was located?” ??? This it my question as well. Hoping for your help. sb

  94. By upupaxy on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply

    ciao a tutti, chi potrebbe aiutarmi a risolvere il problema sul mio pc sul quale ho xp si è inserito questo virus “warning rapid antivirus alert” vi ringrazio x ciò ke potrete fare.

  95. By Marjorie on Oct 27, 2008 | Reply

    Interesting to know.

  96. By Janifa on Oct 28, 2008 | Reply

    Help. My task manager and my regitry are not working, It says that it has been disabled by my administration. I havnt done anything.

  97. By D-Link on Nov 2, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks for everything Microsoft. =)

  98. By Jonesy on Nov 2, 2008 | Reply

    any tips on key words to type in?

  99. By Rohan on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply

    Hey Y.w.n

    Mail me on rohanmenon86@gmail.com

    ill send u a file which will enable your regedit.its the malware attack that has blocked ur regsitry!!

  100. By Daniel on Nov 9, 2008 | Reply

    What hapens when it say registry editing has been disabled by administrator?

  101. By jessica on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply

    how can I edit registry in command prompt? can someone please help me..

  102. By Christina on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply

    Okay, did the deleting process, however, I am afraid of the Basic Registry Editing in Windows XP/Vista, what does it mean when it says Please do NOT try this unless you are absolutely positive that you might mess up the system, and as always, it’s highly recommended that you do a backup of the registry (or whole system) before making any modifications.

    should I do this or not, I don’t seem to be having anymore pop ups? I am afraid of the messing up my computer things Please HELP!!!

  103. By Natasha on Nov 18, 2008 | Reply

    OMG..I tried everything!
    This monster”Antivirus2009″ will not quit.
    I cannot even go onto another websit to install any sort of spyware or other Virus removal program. It is blocking every website.
    Can someone please help me!

  104. By Kevin on Nov 29, 2008 | Reply

    What happens when it say registry editing has been disabled by administrator? Who can i enable it?

  105. By Will on Nov 30, 2008 | Reply

    I have Spyware Guard 2009. When I delete everything it comes back and restores automatically. Also cant get into regedit because it says its blocked by the Administrator. Well I AM the F***ING ADMINISTRATOR!!!! Please help me!!!

  106. By jordan on Dec 1, 2008 | Reply

    Hello Folks,

    Today ,unfortunately I’m “phishing: this stupid “windefender2009″.
    I try to find this windifender2009″in the
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software…..etc.
    But i can not find him!!!
    Please ,can somebody help me with this problem?

    Thank you in advance,

    from Amsterdam
    Jordan

  107. By Pat Elliott on Dec 3, 2008 | Reply

    Well i have encountered a malvirus. But i can not seem to find it in the reg. WHY? It is called WINWEB SECURITY. I can not get if off of my screen. Well i have downloaded another antivirus and cannot seem to find it. I need help removing this from my computer. Someone said i can not until i purchase thier software. Isn’t this ILLEGAL? HELP ME. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!

  108. By iterapeuta@gmail.com on Dec 4, 2008 | Reply

    por favor retirem este programa de meu computador.ele trava a memória e eu não solicitei.

  109. By Neish on Dec 12, 2008 | Reply

    please can somebody help me. Im using Vista and i’ve been infected by Antivirs 2009. I have deleted it but its only been placed in the recyling bin…the icon is still in my tray and pop ups still continue.

    if anyone can help i’d be most grateful…im not very technical, basic steps please.

    thanks in advance.

  110. By chris on Dec 13, 2008 | Reply

    hi pls i want to ask i do a run
    regedit
    and then I MUST DO WHAT
    THE H KEY I MUST WHAT
    SPY DAWN I MUST WHAT
    I CONFUSED
    PLESESESE

  111. By nihad ali on Dec 13, 2008 | Reply

    how i can reenter license key

  112. By chris on Dec 16, 2008 | Reply

    Its too funny. Im stuck with Spyware guard 2008 as many of you are and have tried the manual removal, the pc tools spyware doctor removal scan and remove tool but nothing helps. it still recreates itself. I see alot of people asking for help but I dont see any answers. Is it that we have to fend for ourselves or does anyone at microsoft read the blogs and answers?

  113. By jacqui on Dec 17, 2008 | Reply

    Chris i am with you. wtf?
    Hey why not develop a SpyLocked removal tool Bill? I’d even pay for it.

  114. By Tony on Dec 18, 2008 | Reply

    I am with you two as well (COME ON) microsoft get off you A** and fix this thing already !!

  115. By george on Dec 21, 2008 | Reply

    im sick of this – saving everything i cant recover and formating hardrive back to factory settings – wish me luck

  116. By Ronnie Fulcher on Dec 25, 2008 | Reply

    Help!! How to get rid of the blue screen.

  117. By vasu on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply

    Hi

  118. By Deepu on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    HI can u tel me how to edit d value in regedit… i have tried to change the values in it after changing it comes back to the old value.. sso how can i change the value?

  119. By James Gehmie on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    I want know how to remove virus Respons Lab 2009 in my computer.

  120. By Patti on Jan 21, 2009 | Reply

    I somehow ended up with the antivirus360 problem. I have been going through searching for all the things listed above one by one, deleting anything that’s found. However, I am still getting blocked almost every website I try to go to, even ones I used all the time. A screen comes up and says “blocked” and wants me to activate antivirus 360. What should I do next? It did get rid of the icons on my taskbar finally, but can’t log into some of the sites I use because of blocks. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

  121. By Markese on Jan 23, 2009 | Reply

    Hi my name is Markese and I am just 14 (well i’ll be 15 in 7 days) but i’m pretty much the computer whiz in the house and i come home from school and my mom can’t get to some sites because they all end up blocked. Aaaaaand….BAM! INSTANT ANTIVIRUS! i’m soooo upset i’ve been working day in and day out trying 2 get rid of the files. So that my misery will be eneded can someone make me a cheat sheet showing me what 2 do step by step and what should i go through and what 2 search for.? Thanks! Bye!

  122. By S’Chalana on Jan 28, 2009 | Reply

    Thank you so much for your help. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY!!!

  123. By Allison on Jan 28, 2009 | Reply

    Please help. Antivirus 360 somehow got on my computer, and it deleted all my restore points. HELP!

  124. By prem on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

    thank you, the information u gave helped me a lot. thanks

  125. By Pam on Feb 9, 2009 | Reply

    I ended up with an antivirus360 problem. I have been going through searching for all the things listed above one by one, deleting anything that’s found. However, I am still getting blocked almost every website I try to go to, even ones I used all the time. A screen comes up and says “blocked” and wants me to activate antivirus 360. What should I do next? It did get rid of the icons on my taskbar finally, but can’t log into some of the sites I use because of blocks.

  126. By Pam on Feb 9, 2009 | Reply

    I somehow ended up with the antivirus360 problem. I have been going through searching for all the things listed above one by one, deleting anything that’s found. However, I am still getting blocked almost every website I try to go to, even ones I used all the time. A screen comes up and says “blocked” and wants me to activate antivirus 360. What should I do next? It did get rid of the icons on my taskbar finally, but can’t log into some of the sites I use because of blocks. Can someone help me.

  127. By umar on Feb 11, 2009 | Reply

    i need to remove (REGKEY) software from regedit- HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE / SYSTEM /CONTROLSET002/ENUM/ROOT/LEAGACY_ANYPLACE_CONTROL_SECURITY

  128. By faith on Feb 12, 2009 | Reply

    im getting blocked also!! i need help

  129. By GREG on Feb 17, 2009 | Reply

    Can any1 plz tell me how to get rid of winiguard i deleated it but it keeps popin up what can i do
    GREG

  130. By nicole on Feb 20, 2009 | Reply

    someone please help me I’m trying to remove antivius 360 from my computer,but I don’t know how! Please help

  131. By anda on Feb 23, 2009 | Reply

    someone please help me I’m trying to remove spyware 2009 from my computer,but I don’t know how! Please help

  132. By Johny on Mar 10, 2009 | Reply

    i have a problem with A 360. It was uninstaled from my computer, but when i try to find something on google, it says that i have unregistered A360 version. I tryed the instructions above but it didn’t find any keys. What can i do?

  133. By Eddie on Mar 11, 2009 | Reply

    I’m in the registry and need to change the TYPE from REG_SZ to REG_EXPAND_SZ to map my Favorites correctly in Explorer. Can anyone help?

  134. By mayank kukreti on Mar 13, 2009 | Reply

    Hey guys,i need a big help.i just downloaded some usb port disabler (software)and activated it .now i want to undo it .can anyone help as it was a registry entry that it made n im unable to either find it or do anything about it.its a SOS.

  135. By Fae on Mar 14, 2009 | Reply

    I’m so f**king pissed off right now. Reading all these horrors, I’m thinking I will just buy some program to try to remove it. I know I will only make it worse if I try.

    Whatever you do, warn all your friends and family NOT to try the Amazon on Demand video service. That is how I got this stupid malware. I didn’t do anything else different today, other than install Amazon’s movie player and one movie from them. I started to play it, and that is when this spyware alert started popping up. Angers me more that I payed them a movie fee to infect my PC.

  136. By SANDY on Mar 17, 2009 | Reply

    I ORDERED THIS ANTIVIRUS 360 OFF THE INTERNET AND PUT IN MY DEBIT CARD TO PURCHASE IT SAID ONE TIME FEE NOW THEY KEEP TAKING MONEY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AND I DON’T KNOW WHO TO CALL ANY ONE HAVE A PHONE #TO CALL I WANT MY MONEY BACK
    THANKS

  137. By Eel Epim on Mar 18, 2009 | Reply

    I’m bogged by this spyware spam: spywareremovaltool2009.com.
    How do I remove it?
    Thanks :) :( :)

  138. By Eel Epim on Mar 18, 2009 | Reply

    this opens with internet explorer though I’m not using internet explorer to browse

  139. By shookr on Apr 1, 2009 | Reply

    hi this is not gud… i want gud answer

  140. By BigShmee on Apr 3, 2009 | Reply

    I have Antivirus Plus on my comp, I have gotten rid of the files ( I belive) got rid of the rundll32.exe ( I think) and I did get rid of a few files from the regedit. The popups have stopped their are no icons on the toolbar but now it is still infecting the performance of my comp and rediredcting me when ever I try to access anything that has key antivirus words in the web address, I realy need help I have been up for the past 39 hrs trying to figure this thing out, pls someone hook a guy up with some answers here.

  141. By Diane on Apr 4, 2009 | Reply

    I was not able to find any of these things to get rid of the System Security. None of these options worked for me.

  142. By Chase on Apr 21, 2009 | Reply

    You can’t recover registries that you deleted. It is a permenate process.

  143. By hawk on Apr 30, 2009 | Reply

    Only advice i can give is, back up any personal stuff, reformat your HD and reinstall your OS.

  144. By andriana on May 3, 2009 | Reply

    ok, so i opened registry editor, and at first i could not find anything spyware protect related. then. i snooped around the other folders under HKEY CURRENT USERS and found a suspicious file called ATI and opened it, finding
    DOWS\ktknamwerr.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\kuruhccdsdd.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\ooorjaas.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\oranerkka.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\oropbbsee.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\otnnbektre.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\otowjdseww.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\otpeppggq.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\rkaskssd.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\ronitfst.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\seeukluba.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\skaaanret.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\sysguardn.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\tobmygers.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\tobykke.exe
    c:\WINDOWS\zibaglertz.exe

    and more. i deleted them, hopefully that worked

  145. By how to edit registry ple. give me a steps on May 10, 2009 | Reply

    ple. give me a steps of registry
    how to edit registry
    how to configure registry
    how to recover registry

  146. By Gary on May 18, 2009 | Reply

    Anytime I try to do the two removal processes like ctrl alt delete or ctrl shift esc or even start then run it never let’s me do anything how the helll can I remove this crap

  147. By MHOГOTOЧИE on May 19, 2009 | Reply

    Спасибочки за то что просветили, выводы сответственные обязательно сделаем. ;)

  148. By kd on May 22, 2009 | Reply

    no matter what I try, regedit will not open, i’ve tried all the tricks mentioned above. HELP

  149. By carlos on May 24, 2009 | Reply

    My laptop has gotten this system security I can rid. I’ve deleted the file in safe mode but in normal mode it still is there. I changed my wallpaper to a warning infected with spyware warning and I use a verizon access card to get online but it won’t allow me to open it so I can download any removal software. It won’t allow me to open anything system restore, task manager, msconfig, regedit, adaware or anything I have tried to stop this malware…any suggestions?

  150. By buzz on May 26, 2009 | Reply

    I have picked up an nasty adware called Personal Antivirus. It won’t let me get into my online campus to do school work. is there anyone out there that can tell me how to remove this garbage? you can email me at buzzamos@comcast.net. thank you in advance.

  151. By kairi on May 26, 2009 | Reply

    I picked up a nasty virus called personal antivirus; so what should I do to get rid of it. It keeps saying finished searching through registry, but it’s doing nothing. I don’t know what I should do now? Does anyone else know?

  152. By Barb on Jun 5, 2009 | Reply

    I need to edit the registry to remove the key that remembers the Outlook password. (Outlook keeps prompting for the pop3 password although remember password was chosen during the mail account setup. )I can see the registry key, but cannot delete it.
    Logging in as an administrator doesn’t seem to help. The SYSTEM setting doesn’t have Full control and I can’t seem to find what I need to do in order to get it.
    Anyone know how I can get control of the registry in Vista? Seems a little unkind of the powers that be to decide who should or should not be able to fool around in the registry.
    Thanks in advance for your help

  153. By DeanH on Jun 8, 2009 | Reply

    Been trying to remove XP deluxe protector virus. Days of deleting XPdel files. Problem with REGEDIT tho…
    It appears to pop up but immediately disappears. No windows open or anything, just gone.
    It will not run. How else to get to edit the registry? I’m committed to this project. No cash to waste on suckerware.

    So anybody know how else to get at the registry?
    Please?

  154. By Carl Provido on Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

    No matter what I try to delete this virus, it keeps coming back and I’m really dizzy on this.I’ve been searching ways how to remove this anti-spyware.

  155. By rossi on Jun 14, 2009 | Reply

    last night i got winPC defender on my computer .

    Can u help me toget rid of this ? Please.

  156. By nushi on Jun 16, 2009 | Reply

    I can’t use google after remove Antivirus plus
    help me please

  157. By jeremy on Jun 17, 2009 | Reply

    i can’t get it to work

  158. By Krystle on Jul 4, 2009 | Reply

    When I was in school our laptops were set up for us. I do not have access to my registry to get in and delete these files? How do I gain access to the registry and how do I start up in safe mode?

  159. By Kate on Jul 11, 2009 | Reply

    I have a windows vista and I was recently infected with System Security 4.52.
    It’s amazingly persistent and it’s taken over the only admin account.
    Now I am stuck using an account that is not an admin but the problem is non-admins cannot install software; including software that could remove system security. I’ve tried a lot of things nothing is working.
    Help?

  160. By Christine on Jul 17, 2009 | Reply

    I have been getting an error message for about a week and cannot remove it would this be in the registry and could i remove it from there.Things seem to have stopped working because of the error message for example webcam.
    C:/user/fletchers/appdate/local/exetileso/asiui/DLL

  161. By Chris on Jul 20, 2009 | Reply

    I just got infected with this Personal Antivirus. I tried to manually remove it with some of the directions I found but nothing seems to work. I am afraid to download any kind of removal program to get rid of this. My next step is to take it to Best Buy and I am not too crazy about that. Can anyone help me?

  162. By Carl on Aug 8, 2009 | Reply

    This probably will not get a response, but when I tried to open regedit to remove Windows Antivirus Pro, I was asked what program I would like to use to open it with, just like when I trie to open something on my desktop, or certain programs (like McAfee). This is the main problem stopping me from getting rid of this program, as I have done everything else.

  163. By Sean on Aug 10, 2009 | Reply

    Ok Krystle if youre still looking at this site press F8 repeatedly during the boot up process when u start your computer. Then you can easily figure it yourself from that point. My problem is though that i can’t download things on to my comp. probably due to this shit and it says that my current security settings won’t allow it. Any type of help would be nice.

  164. By steven on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply

    Same Story, thanks for posting how to unlock the registry! I’ve trying to fix it all day, and your post helped me out a lot. Thanks again :)

  165. By Kevin West on Sep 16, 2009 | Reply

    Where is the list of valid new registry keys? For example dontdisplaylastusername is a key or setting that works in XP and Vista but is not in the registry unless you put it in. So how does one get the list of valid registry keys/settings or what they are called.

    PS I found functions here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724875%28VS.85%29.aspx

  166. By Ajai on Sep 23, 2009 | Reply

    How can I delete the installation enrtry of cuteftp sw from registry?

  167. By Nicole on Sep 30, 2009 | Reply

    I have tried everything to get windows police pro off everytime i try to open something it says the file is corrupted. I can’t go to control, alt, delete. It doesn’t work according to this it’s corrupted. Iv’e tried searching it in all file and folders but it won’t let me delete it. It says it’s being used by another person or program. Is there any other way

  168. By linda on Oct 16, 2009 | Reply

    where did you find these. please help

  169. By wong meng tong on Oct 16, 2009 | Reply

    How to stop GooD application from starting?
    Suspect to be a virus.
    Application: GooD
    Orign:
    H-6-1-53-0976546321-090909032-8763-1337

  170. By Dave on Oct 22, 2009 | Reply

    worked for me …thanks

  171. By selena astell on Nov 8, 2009 | Reply

    im sooo confused … i have windows enterprise suite keeps coming up saying i have a virus … and wanting me to pay money to fully protect my pc .. i been told not to do this …. i had this virus already and had to pay £100 to a computer shop to get it off … how can i do this myself this time
    can anyone help im confused

  172. By Sarah B on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply

    Hey, again, once I get to the start//run//regedit, i get the msg “registry editing has been disabled by your admin”. How would I get passed that??

    Thanks

  173. By thaneshwor on Nov 14, 2009 | Reply

    i need to edit registry myself.

  174. By John Boy on Nov 17, 2009 | Reply

    yes reboot system

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