regedit not working

[Norcent]

When i try regedit in normal mode the command prompt comes up and goes away.

When i try regedit in safemode it says The NTVDM cpu has encountered an illegal instruction

C:\windows\system32\regedit.com

cs:0553 IP: 0102

OP:ff ff 8a c4 8b chose close to terminate the application.



What should I do?

I really need to edit my registry

 

[mikesgroovin]

You have malware my friend.

regedit.com is NOT a windows system file. Search for "Regedit.com" and delete it. It's probably sitting in your system32 directory or something. (Default for the REAL regedit system file is not system32 directory) A lot of malware coders like to place files there.

 

[Osiris]

Follow these instructions carefully

Download ALL 10 programs and update if needed.

Ad Aware SE Personal Free

Ad-aware Messenger Service Plugin

Ad-Aware VX2 Cleaner Plug-In 2.0

Spybot Search and Destroy Free

Windows Defender 2 Beta

HijackThis

Ewido

CCleaner

Cleanup!

Follow these steps

Delete the prefetch folder C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch, this folder will come back on next reboot.

Delete all cookies and temporary internet files in the control panel, Internet Options.

Go to Start, run, type msconfig, go to startup, disable everything except your antivirus, Firewall, click apply, don¡¦t reboot yet.

Download Msconfig Cleanup below

Msconfig Cleanup

Run Msconfig Cleanup after you unchecked the items you were told to uncheck and recheck, click "Select All", then click "Clean up Selected", then click "Quit". Make sure your antivirus and firewall are not checked.

Now run each Spyware program 1 by 1. Running all 3 at the same time will slow most systems down.

When each program has finished scanning, remove everything.

Now go to the recycle bin and delete everything that is in it.

Then run CCleaner „² make sure you run the Cleaner section of Windows and Applications and then the Registry Cleaner. Make a backup if you wish while running the Registry Cleaner when it asks you.

When finished with the scans, reboot, and go into Safe Mode and run these scans again, remove everything they find, and then reboot back into Windows in normal mode.

Then run HiJackthis!

Save the log, copy and paste the log on www.techist.com
Do not attach the log, copy and paste always. This will make things go much faster.

 

[Norcent]

how do you run msconfig cleanup?

nevermind i needed to download it first.

 

[Norcent]

I ran mcafee virusScan, adaware se and spybot.

doesn't run slow while i do that cause my system is fast.

 

[Osiris]

go to msconfig via start, run, the uncheck everything except your antivirus and firewall then choose apply, ok, dont restart, then run msconfig cleanup and check everything and it will remove those entries.

 

[Norcent]

ummm i don't have a C:\windows\system32

My system32 folder isn't there.

I never delete any windows folders.

 

[Osiris]

What system32 folder?

 

[Norcent]

mikesgroovin

You have malware my friend.

regedit.com is NOT a windows system file. Search for "Regedit.com" and delete it. It's probably sitting in your system32 directory or something. (Default for the REAL regedit system file is not system32 directory) A lot of malware coders like to place files there.

 

[Snake-Eyes]

What system32 folder?

The important system32 file that you need to run Windows correctly, i do believe.

Try a Windows Repair.