Thank you very much. The AproposFix worked perfectly. You really helped out
here. Thanks again

"Malke" wrote:

> Malke wrote:
>
> > Suleman wrote:
> >
> >> When I open my Device Manager, there is no hardware listed there. It
> >> just shows an empty space.........
> >> Is there a virus causing this???
> >> Assistance needed
> >
> > There have been a rash of posts about this. Some new malware is
> > probably causing it. Go through the following malware removal steps
> > systematically, getting any tools/updates you need from a different,
> > known-clean machine.
> >
> > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
> >
> > After you've done this, it would be great if you could report back as
> > to whether this fixed the issue. R. McCarthy in
> > microsoft.windowsxp.general has commented that the permissions on the
> > ENUM key seem to be destroyed by whatever is going through the Windows
> > community right now. We haven't identified the malware that is doing
> > it yet.
> >
>
> Just to add to this, the poster in the other group said that the
> AproposFix worked to solve this issue, so the problem is definitely
> caused by malware. I would go through the malware removal steps at my
> link above. Here is a link to the AproposFix forum entry at DSL
> Reports:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14679793
>
> Malke
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