How to perform a search of your registry for a particular file/entry you believe may be infected or suspected Virus/Malware:
Windows XP
· Click Start
· Click Run
· Type Regedit
· Press Enter
Windows 7
· Click Start
· Type Regedit
· Press Enter
Regedit
· Click Edit on the menu
· Click Find
· Enter file name
· Click Find Next
· You can press F3 to find the next entry
WARNING: The Registry is an important component of Windows and any incorrect changes could affect your entire system in a negative way; from causing applications to fail to work properly or even keep Windows from being able to load.
If you know for sure a particular file is infected by Virus/Malware, you can find its location and where it has infiltrated your registry and remove it from here. But this is just a pointer to the actual file(s), which must also be removed from within the file structure of your hard drive. You can see the steps to perform a search of your hard drive here.
Windows XP
· Click Start
· Click Run
· Type Regedit
· Press Enter
Windows 7
· Click Start
· Type Regedit
· Press Enter
Regedit
· Click Edit on the menu
· Click Find
· Enter file name
· Click Find Next
· You can press F3 to find the next entry
WARNING: The Registry is an important component of Windows and any incorrect changes could affect your entire system in a negative way; from causing applications to fail to work properly or even keep Windows from being able to load.
If you know for sure a particular file is infected by Virus/Malware, you can find its location and where it has infiltrated your registry and remove it from here. But this is just a pointer to the actual file(s), which must also be removed from within the file structure of your hard drive. You can see the steps to perform a search of your hard drive here.
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