Antiviruspro 2009

I got this virus and it lead to more viruses and now I cant get in control panel. It says its missing a registry key.Could anyone tell me what to add to registry so my control panel works again hat the registry keys for it are?

alt1231,
Welcome To Vista Forums!

This virus sounds like it screwed you machiene up a little. No worrys, hopefully i can help.
First run antivirus scan, anti malware, and anti spyware programs (avast, spybot) are good ones.
Then when you are all set, let me know and i will give you the next few steps.

Keep me informed.

Ben

In addition to Ben's post, here are links to a couple of good free
anti- malware programs

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

a-squared Anti-Malware (a2) Download - Free Downloads of the Trial- and Freeware-Versions

Hope it helps

SIW2

I'm running windows safety scanner on it now i rang avg and removed whatever viruses it detected.I looked up on some website what registry keys to remove and after I followed those directions this happened.

Is the malware gone, as far as you can tell?

If it is, try running an sfc /scannow. This scans system files, libraries, critical folders, and essential registry keys, and it replaces those that are corrupted with intact ones. Generally this will solve the issue, if not, try getting a screenshot or just copy the exact error message and post it. Hopefully there's a solution other than doing an in-place upgrade.

To run sfc /scannow:
Type "cmd" into the Search box on the Start menu, when cmd comes up at the top, right click it and click "run as Administrator." When the command prompt comes up, type "sfc /scannow" (sans quotes) and let it run.


If it's not gone, you'll need to fully remove it, then we can see about the control panel...

I just did a reinstall and deleted all the files in windows.old seem to work im not getting no popups from it and everything seems to be fine now .Im running that scan you said though to check my windows files