taskmgr error

[paso]

Sometimes my sistem blocks and when i press alt canc it says me that there's a problem in taskmgr.exe. and i have to reset the system with the reset button. With avast i can't find any viruses.

What are in your advice the possible causes??

Thank you for your help

[bob3160]

What's the exact message ??
What where you doing when the error happened?
What's your operating system?
etc, etc   

[paso]

-i can't remember exactly but is"an error has occured in taskmgr.exe" and then my system is blocked nd i can only reset
-opening folders or webpages (any action)
-windows xp
 
now with ad-aware i have found something "new" like a troian, do you think the problm could be this??

[DavidR]

There have been a number of false positive detections with adaware in the last two days so I woulnd't take this as gospel either without the information on what adaware found.

[paso]

in fact ad aware ahve found the same objects 3 timess even if quarantined, but now it can't find anything and the situation is quite better, it's possible??

[Lisandro]

in fact ad aware ahve found the same objects 3 timess even if quarantined, but now it can't find anything and the situation is quite better, it's possible??

If I were you, I won't stop fighting this... I suggest:

1) Disable System Restore on Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;310405
2) Clean your temporary files.
3) Schedule a boot time scanning with avast. Start avast! > Right click the skin > Schedule a boot-time scanning. Select for scanning archives. Boot.
4) Use a-squared, ewido or Spyware Terminator (trojan removers).

 

[paso]

the problems survived , so i have deleted the temporary files i i have cancelled a folder that seems to cause the great part of the problem8when i work with it, computer blocked), of the system. Now it seems to work all well. what do you think??

[Lisandro]

I have cancelled a folder that seems to cause the great part of the problem8when i work with it, computer blocked

I can't follow this... can you rephrase?
Canceled or deleted the folder? Which folder (which is the full path of it)?
Did you run avast at boot time? Start avast! > Right click the skin > Schedule a boot-time scanning > Select for scanning archives > Boot 

[paso]

i have all done.

there's a folder with personal files that blocked the system when i opened it and when i worked with it, and i have cancelled it:recycle and empty recycle bin). i have already scanned in boot, it founds two different viruses in two different scan sessions, i put them in the basket but the problem remained.

now, after the operation i have described you at the beginning of the post it seems to be all ok.

[Lisandro]

now, after the operation i have described you at the beginning of the post it seems to be all ok.

Ok... glad you're clean now 

[paso]

i hope: thank you for help

[paso]

Unfortunately problems continue,and now, i have tries to install ipod software that i bought today  abd system tell me about an error installer and i can't istall it, what can i do..???help

[paso]

do you think is surely a virus that avast doesn't find or it can be an other kind of problem???

[bob3160]

Until you can supply us with exact information as to your error messages,
we are only guessing.

[paso]

io've just told you the message!!  "an error as occured in taskmgr.exe" this is the message