I had opened a ticket over a week ago with VMWare and they said that the issue is with Windows and how it reacts to the process and suggested I contact Microsoft. I want to know what scenario would cause the userinit key to override the existing values, for example if new hardware is detected and specifically what hardware? Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access.
Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows 10 Installation, Setup, and Deployment. Sign in to vote. Monday, November 6, PM. Hi, Thank you for your post. Best regards, Carl Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help.
Tuesday, November 7, AM. Thanks for replying Carl. The trailing comma is there, as shown in the above examples. Tuesday, November 7, PM. Hi, Thank you for your clarification. If this final step has failed and you're still encountering the error, you're only remaining option is to do a clean installation of Windows To avoid data loss, you must be sure that you have backed-up all of your important documents, pictures, software installers, and other personal data before beginning the process.
If you are not currently backing up your data, you need to do so immediately. Microsoft typically does not release Windows EXE files for download because they are bundled together inside of a software installer. The installer's task is to ensure that all correct verifications have been made before installing and placing userinit.
An incorrectly installed EXE file may create system instability and could cause your program or operating system to stop functioning altogether. Proceed with caution. You are downloading trial software. Subscription auto-renews at the end of the term Learn more. Microsoft Windows EXE userinit. Average User Rating. All rights reserved. View Other userinit. What are userinit. Some of the most common userinit.
Class not registered. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Cannot find userinit. Error starting program: userinit. Faulting Application Path: userinit. The file userinit. Windows failed to start - userinit. How to Fix userinit. Step 1: Restore your PC back to the latest restore point, "snapshot", or backup image before error occurred. In the search results, find and click System Restore. Follow the steps in the System Restore Wizard to choose a relevant restore point.
The log for this is attached as Ark2. Both ARK logs are clean. It no longer exists anyway. What I am concerned about, and what can be the source of your infections is the free access that all these P2P programs have through your firewall. Also, this nasty program had open access, though we removed the program itself so it is no longer present to cause problems. I want to do a new Combofix run but I'd like to CFScript those potentially dangerous items out if you are no longer using them.
Please let me know. I do use emule quite regularly, so I need to keep that one, but I haven't run either of the others for a very long time, so they're not needed anymore, so I'm happy for limewire and bittorrent to go! I'm hoping that the real-time scanner in your Anti-Malware program will give me a much greater chance of avoiding those nasties in future.
OK, we'll get rid of those then. The last random named file is a malware EXE. I am going to have you upload some samples to my submission channel when we're done and then I can better tell what it is.
Save it to your desktop as CFScript. Turn off all security program active protection components guards including antivirus, antispyware, and antimalware.
Close all programs except HJT and all browser windows, then check the following items for removal and click on "Fix Checked":.
Can you please visit this submission webpage. In the "Link to topic where this file was requested: " box, copy and paste the url to this topic as follows:.
I can't find these two files in your quarantined files but if you can locate them there I would appreciate you submitting them, as well:. Though I deleted the value, it appeared to be still there when I clicked modify again subsequently.
Rather than be uncertain as to the status of these values, I closed the antirootkit and ran regedit from the run box. After locating the two keys in question, I was able to right click and delete each of them.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I may have selected "delete quarantined" at some point from one of the programs. I also think that may be the reason that neither of the following two files is present anywhere on my C: drive:. Apologies if this has prevented further examination of the pests in question I forgot to append the HijackThis log file. Thank you for the file submissions. It would have been nice to have the others, but as they say - C'est la vie.
Which ever way you were able to remove firewall access to that malicious program - whether by using Regedit or the antirootkit program is OK by me. The end result is the same, so good job there. Then from your desktop double-click on j re-6uwindows-ip. The Yahoo Toolbar is prechecked for installation with this version of Java.
I would like you to run a complete system scan with one of the following two scanners DrWeb or ESET - directions for both are included below. Expect some detections in Qoobox and system volume information they will not be active malware so don't worry :. Note to Vista users and anyone with restrictive IE security settings: Depending on your security settings, you may have to allow cookies and put the ESET website, www.
Then uncheck "Require server verification for all sites in this zone" checkbox at the bottom of the dialog. Add the above www. For cookies, choose the IE7 Privacy tab and add the above eset. As an alternative, to an online antivirus scan, you can run a scan with Dr. Web CureIt!. This scanner is an downloaded as a randomly named executable file that is ready to go with no extracting and no updating. It does take a while to scan, so be patient. Double-click on randomly named EXE file you just downloaded to start the program.
An "Express Scan of your PC" notice will appear. This is a short scan that will scan the files currently running in memory and when something is found, click the Yes button when it asks you if you want to "cure it". When the scan has finished, see if you can locate the icon next to the files found. If so, click it, then click the next icon right below and select "Move incurable". Next, in the Dr. Web CureIt menu on top, click File and then choose Save report. After reboot, post the contents of the log from Dr.
Web in your next reply. You can use Notepad to open the DrWeb. I used the ESET scanner, and it detected 2 infections in the system volume , so I ran it again, and there were no infections at all. Log file is attached below. I also ran HJT, and have added that log file below also. I guess my PC is nearly squeaky clean! Your computer is clean now. Please remove Avenger. Here are some additional measures you should take to keep your system in good working order and ensure your continued security.
Just click the "Start Scanner" button to get a listing of all outdated and possibly insecure resident programs. You can reduce your startups by downloading Malwarebyte's StartUp Lite and saving it to a convenient location. Just double-click StartUpLite. Then, check the options you would like based on the descriptions provided, then select continue. This will free up system resources because nonessential background programs will no longer be running when you start up your computer.
Finally, please follow the suggestions offered by Tony Klein in How did I get infected in the first place. Thank you so much for all your help, my PC is finally clean again! You're welcome - I'm glad we could help! This site uses cookies - We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings , otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Share More sharing options
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