Missing USERINIT.EXE

[Dan]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

While trying to remove a virus, I found an infected file,
USERINIT.EXE, in the system32 folder that was infected.
Without enough caution, I simply renamed this file and now
cannot login. After some additional searching, I found out
that this exe is necessary and I can not login to rename
it back.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am "dead in the
water".

Thanks
Dan

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Dan

Perform a "Manual Repair" and select to "Verify Windows System Files", as
this MS Knowledge Base article explains:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>While trying to remove a virus, I found an infected file,
>USERINIT.EXE, in the system32 folder that was infected.
>Without enough caution, I simply renamed this file and now
>cannot login. After some additional searching, I found out
>that this exe is necessary and I can not login to rename
>it back.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am "dead in the
>water".
>
>Thanks
>Dan