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Infected by Win32:Passma [wrm]

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darshanwadikar Original post #1
Jun 11, 2006 at 1:19 AM
Hi Guy's,
Though Iam not in much trouble right now, I was hit by Win32 Passma [wrm] last week. I use avast! and it has deleted all corrupt EXE files and now my system is clean.
But the problem is that, the EXE files which were deleted were of some softwares, which now I can't use niether uninstall them as my system can't find there EXE's or Uninstall.EXE's. Know how should I be able to either reuse the softwares or atleast uninstall them all.
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sakumar79 #2
Jun 11, 2006 at 7:05 AM
Option 1: Get a copy of the exe files from a friend and put them in the correct folders.

Option 2: Without uninstalling, reinstall the programs in the same location.

Arun
william
william #3
Jun 11, 2006 at 12:05 PM
use some other softwares to uninstall or delete these softwares. one such software is sure delete.
JGuru
JGuru #4
Jun 11, 2006 at 12:58 PM
Yes , without uinstalling the software you can't reinstall it!! If you can't uninstall, then
you are in a fix. Rather than scratching your head on what to do, you can format the
drive in which you installed Windows and reinstall Windows again. And keep that as
your last resort.
anandk
anandk #5
Jun 11, 2006 at 8:20 PM
you CAN install software in the same folders again, in most cases, without uninstalling them first. atleast the applications/anti-spys can ! anti-virus-no !
so that shu be ur first try. install them !

if that fails, go into safe mode and delete the program folders. reboot.
then run any good registry cleaner (try www.ccleaner.com).
then reinstal the deleted programs in the same locations.
It shud work !
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darshanwadikar #6
Jun 12, 2006 at 11:09 AM
Thanks Guys,
Many of the softwares are working properly after reinstalling them to the same folder, But some like Pinnacle PCTV Stereo ain't working, Can I delete just the folder of that software, but how to take them out of the registry and other locations such as Add Remove program Etc??????
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sakumar79 #7
Jun 12, 2006 at 6:38 PM
Use a registry cleaner software such as Crap Cleaner (CCleaner) or System Mechanic Pro to clear registry of invalid entries. I use jv16 Power Tools (last free version) and there, you can select registry entries of items in Startup menu,etc and delete them, and also do check for invalid registry entries, etc...

Arun