ScorpNZ. I was so caught up in looking for the "Run" command to get it on my start menu that I did not realize it was the same. However I had done all the folder keys and HKeys and did not find "zinblog or viva termex" except I do not recall being accessing as ädmninistrator". I will go back and do it as administrator.
Can't remember exactly but if your able to get to the registry thru the command prompt then my guess is you are logged in as admin,as any changes you attempt will be refused by a popup.
Check both of the software folders in these two for the zinblog etc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
You'll have to wait till fred gets back,but at this stage and assuming it works, change your home page if IE browser is still going to zinblog,do this by going to "network and internet connections" in CONTROL PANEL,clik on INTERNET OPTIONS,use delete button or backspace,delete http://zinblog.....,replace it with home page of your choice then clik apply then ok,it most probably would'nt hurt to run ccleaner at this stage also clik on ccleaner TOOLS button,clik STARTUP button,in the list is there any entry that refers to zinblog or that other one,if so clik on the entry so it's high lighted and use the delete button to remove it,it's up to you if you want to do a registry clean using ccleaner but i accept no responsability,tho i've never had a prob there's no gaurantees
Once you get your comp back in good order you'll have to deactivate SYSTEM RESTORE then REACTIVATE SYSTEM RESTORE
ScorpNZ and Fredil,
I got rid of Zinblog and recovered the Run icon on the START page. I did it under a new administrator which I named Supervisor. That is the instructions I received when I tried to modify setting under Administrator. The new user SUPERVISOR brought up the original system as when I first bought the computer. That is the only way I can fix the setting under ADMINISTRATOR. I ought to be able to remove Zinblob from that part of the system under Adminstrator using SUPERVISOR according to the instructions.
I want to thank both of you ScorpNZ and Fredil especially Fredil that stayed with me for so long. It help me to gain some knowledge of WinXP since my knowlege with the DOS program.
You'll need to turn off system restore follow any instructions the pop ups say,then renable this will stop you getting reinfected if you do a system roll back later,also install the software called ERUNT from the link below or create a shortcut (for later use if you don't want to instal right away),the reason why i say install it is it can do what system restore can't and that's do a roll back there will be no message saying NO CHANGES MADE CHOOSE ANOTHER RESTORE POINT,the only thing that will be necessary with erunt is a regular clean out of it's save folder as everytime you restart your comp it will create a backup of the registry by date,you can save any of them to rom if you wish,it's a great tool and boy it's saved my bacon on a few occasions when syst restore could'nt which is why i no longer have system restore enabled
