6 Must Have Replacement Tools when Fixing a Computer Infected by Virus
When a good and powerful virus infects a computer, most
likely it will disable you from running Task Manager (taskmgr.exe),
Registry Editor (regedit.exe), Command Prompt (cmd.exe),
System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe), configuring Folder Options and hide
the Run from Start Menu. Reason the virus does that is because most of the time
it is “possible” for computer experts to remove the virus by using the built-in
Windows programs without any third party tools.
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But if you can’t run Task Manager, you cannot end the
suspicious process. You could use the taskkill command in command prompt to kill
the process but again you won’t be able to do that if CMD has been disabled.
Perhaps you can run msconfig to stop the virus from auto startup but also cannot
because of the virus. For advance computer users who has knowledge in registry
and thought that they could manually remove the virus auto startup entries
there, they too can’t do anything about it if regedit has been disabled.
Disabling of Folder Options is to stop you from setting your computer to display
hidden and system files. This way you can’t see the virus file and hence you
won’t be able to delete them. It is easy to re-enable all those tools back by
modifying some values in your registry but if the is still virus active in your
computer, the restrictions will be restored back. So for emergency cases, here
are some replacement tools you can use to replace the disabled Windows tools.
1.
Task Manager taskmgr.exe Replacement
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- Task Manager is very important because that is where you
get to see all the running processes and also the amount of memory and CPU
usage. If you find anything suspicious there, you can try terminating it. If you
cannot run Task Manager and get the error message “Task Manager has been
disabled by your administrator”, you can try using Process Explorer. It is
portable and you can save it in your USB flash drive. [
Download Process Explorer, a task manager alternative
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2.
Registry Editor regedit.exe Replacement
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- Without the ability to access Windows registry, you
cannot manually make any changes at all. You can however, import registry REG
files. When a virus has disabled regedit, you should see the message “Registry
editing has been disabled by your administrator” when you try to run it. A good
regedit alternative is RegAlyzer, developed by the author of the famous SpyBot.
RegAlyzer requires installation but you can copy the whole RegAlyzer folder to
your USB flash drive and run it as portable application. [
Download RegAlyzer, a regedit alternative ]
3. Command
Prompt cmd.exe Replacement
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- Command Prompt is a very powerful command line tool
which supports a lot of commands when you find it impossible to do it in
Windows. If you try to run cmd and get the following message “The command prompt
has been disabled by your administrator. Press any key to continue”, you can try
using GS. GS is a cmd replacement but it is a little old, dated back in year
2005. We’re not looking for a permanent replacement, so it is good enough as
long as it can support some important command lines. Do take note that
“Console2″, is an EXTENSION for command prompt. If cmd is disabled, Console2
won’t work. GS is small, free and portable. [
Download GS, a command prompt alternative
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4. Run
Dialog Box Replacement
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- Some virus will also remove the run command from your
Start Menu and it is not easy to restore it back. Although this is not really
important, but it could easily allow you to run important commands. Run dialog
replacement v1.0 is small, only 48KB in size and portable. If you have Process
Explorer, you can also access the run command from File > Run, or just hit
CTRL+R. [
Download Run Dialog
Replacement 1.0 ]
5. System Configuration Utility msconfig.exe Replacement
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- MSCONFIG is the first place that I will go to check if a
computer has a virus. If you run msconfig and go to the Startup tab, it will
list all programs that will start when Windows is booted up using the common
startup method. Virus makers are aware of this and usually they will either
delete your original msconfig.exe file or change the reference location in
registry. You should get this message “Windows cannot find ‘msconfig’. Make sure
you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click
the Start button, and then click Search.” when type msconfig at the run dialog
box. One very good msconfig alternative is definitely Autoruns, which is from
the same author as Process Explorer. Autoruns has the most comprehensive
knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what
programs are configured to run during system bootup or login. [
Download Autoruns, a msconfig alternative ] 6. Enable
Show hidden files and protected operating system files
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- I’ve tried many File Managers and most of them inherits
the Show Hidden Files and Folders or Hide protected operating system files from
Folder Options settings in Windows. If a virus is still active in memory, it
will keep on changing the settings to disable you from viewing hidden and system
files. I found one free file manager called FreeCommander which is able to show
you all hidden files and folders as well as protected operating system files no
matter what is the settings in Folder Options. It actually ignores the
permission in Folder Options! It is portable, so you can also copy the whole
extracted folder to your USB flash drive. [
Download FreeCommander, a file manager replacement ]
There you go, I’ve shared with you the 6 MUST have replacement or alternative
tools when fixing a computer that has many restrictions caused by the virus.