Disappearing or Closing Task Manager from AIM Virus/Trojan/Worm

Contributor Icon Contributed by davak Date Icon September 2, 2004  
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows

If your task manager automatically closes itself, you have a worm. Here’s how to regain control of your system. This bug is typically known as the Best Friends / Away Message virus.


One of our new members, Mickey Mouse, has been trying to help some visitors clear their system of the Best Friends / Away Message AIM virus. Some versions of this virus will automatically close the task manager. If you can’t kill the bug with the task manager, then you can’t clean your system.

(If pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL only causes your task manager to show for a brief second, then you have this problem.)

This freeware program will allow you to kill you malware process in question:

After you download and install this program, use it instead of taskmanager to follow the directions in Mickey’s original recipe:

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  • GauntletWizard
    You can also use the built in "TSKILL" command in XP, which is much easier to access when spyware is redirecting internet requests.
  • davak
    <ul id="quote">
    GauntletWizard wrote:
    You can also use the built in "TSKILL" command in XP, which is much easier to access when spyware is redirecting internet requests.</ul>

    <drooooool>

    A new toy! Sweet. I'll have to play with it...

    Davak
  • Anonymous
    micky mouse how do you have task manager stay up long enough so you can delkete the virus
  • davak
    <ul id="quote">
    Anonymous wrote:
    micky mouse how do you have task manager stay up long enough so you can delkete the virus</ul>

    He doesn't.

    He uses this program instead:
    http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
  • Anonymous
    Well apparently my computer can't run the "http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml" program, and other programs avaliable I can use?
  • Gibs
    KASPERAntivirus.exe.... thats what my virus was named... thx to my sister.. skankbag lol.

    mine wasnt on the list but this looked suspicious since i have3 mcafee
  • Anonymous
    i have the AIM virus were i try clicking ctrl-alt-del and the task manager does not come up...so i then downloaded the Process Explorer and im stuck! i cant find any of the things to delete off my comuter.

    can someone please help!!!!!
  • Mal
    <ul id="quote">
    cami3 wrote:
    i have the AIM virus were i try clicking ctrl-alt-del and the task manager does not come up...so i then downloaded the Process Explorer and im stuck! i cant find any of the things to delete off my comuter.

    can someone please help!!!!!</ul>


    I must have new and improved b/c I dl the freeware. Started it and the worm closed this process manager too. It also was able to close the process manager in hijackthis.exe.!!!!!!!!!!

    wow anyone?

    email me at corpusdelecti2003@yahoo.com thanks
  • kangkong
    if you want to access the task manager without using any of this download able software
    which is very complicated. use a "write protect usb flash drive 1gb or any". close every thing, set the usb in a write protect mode, insert the usb. wait for a moment ( if theres a pop up auto run pls select cancel. and then press control+alt+del. you can now view the task manager.

    note: when killing task or deleting viruses inside the task manager always end task the explorer before killing the virus exe program. if all the task of the virus are ended you can now go back to the explorer just go to "file, new task, type, explorer, then enter" hope this will work by kangkong.
  • Jan Ray
    http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/proc... this link doesn't appear ....

    please help me....
  • radza
    Virus ho closes task manager, regedit and others comand programs , that can disable that virus, delete or end procese, its verry funny, becose none antivirus can cotrol whit that when virus is on procese. First you must close that procese. in my case, that procese calss hjss.exe . you can close it whit task manager, but you must be quick, very quick. Pres ctrl + alt + esc (task manager will apear about 1second then close. You mus have some knowledge about proceses. Firs try end procese explorer.exe , then loock what left. Lock for procese in users name , it will be not system, local server, network service. Virus takes about 5-10 MB for procese. Try disable all procese that you dont know. After succsefuly disable you will see, that task manager not auto closing anymore, so you find the virus procese. Then you must disable auto proceses, you need ccleaner , try find in torrent whit serial. Find program USB disc secure, that to deleting auto proceses, and searching for virus such as autorun.inf , it will protect your flash driver. After deleting autoruns, i sugest to instal new AVG , its free. It will find lots of virus, calls kfadsojfjfhadbjof.exe or like that. Virus calss hjss.exe it will be in windows temp files folder. Manuali you not find it. After scaning with avg , see whit ccleaner and usb disc secure that it none autoruns procese, and finaly restart pc for testing, after restart, try ctrl + alt + del . Regedit will be turned off, so lock in interenet for enabling :)

    God luck - make funn ;)

    one more thing, that works in windows xp and vista, on win 7 i dont try
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