what is hkey on the computer? and do you know where it is i have 4 virus on my computer?

Question

i have win32.trojan, adware.pws and aproposmedia on my computer. and my antivirus says that it's (hkey_classes_root..... and in hkey_local_machine. i don't get it. can somebody help me please

Answer 1

its in the registry but you dont want to play in there if you dont know what youre doing.

Answer 2

I am assuming that by "hkey" you are meaning one of the location in the registry so you can manual clean the virus off your computer. You probably do not want to try that. No insult intended, but if you do not know what "hkey" is, you probably do not have the expertise to manual clean the registry. One mistake and the whole PC is corrupted and you caould lose everything

(Sorry! No offense!!)

But... what I recommend instead is that you download and install the FREE virus scanner AVG and run it on the computer. http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_405a782.exe

Then check for spyware. Run both Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and Skybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to remove any spyware. Run both as one may caught something the other missing. Then go to microsoft.com and download Defender to protect against future infections.

Hopefully between those it will remove the 4 viruses and you will not need to edit the registry.

Answer 3

HKEY stands for "handle to registry key", when using the registry editor (start > run > regedit > ok) the root of the registry contains 5 keys all beginning with hkey in the name.

within them are many thousands of settings used by windows and other programs.

the only reason you would need to know this in relation to a virus is if you're trying to remove an entry from the startup of your pc.

if this is the case, doing:
start > run > msconfig
let's you do the same, but much easier.

i sense from the confusing nature of your question that you will not receive an answer you'll understand.

Answer 4

hkey_classes_root..... and in hkey_local_machine
thes are telling you where in the systen registry the virus is
you go to run type regedit ,hit enter key and you are ther
open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Then the next part untill you arrive at the key you want then delete it
then go to HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE AND DO THE SAME
THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE IN SAFEMODE
but like all has said download and an antivirus program i sugest avast as this will remove these with a boot scan as in before you get into windows propper

Answer 5

HKEY short for (hexidecimal key) is a group of headings for registry (software instruction) entries for your computer. There are subheadings for HKEY, and they can be accessed by typing regedit in the run box in the start menu in Windows.

You really don't want to mess with the registry unless you REALLY know what you're doing, though.

Answer 6

As has been said, HKEY is something that is found in the Windows registry. The Windows registry contains software related "keys" that are used to determine how software and Windows works.

If you have viruses, you need to run a known-good virus scanner to detect and hopefully remove them. Here are a few options of online scanners that are good.

BitDefender: http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda ActiveScan: http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm

Answer 7

4 viruses?! And it is still working?!
Download or buy an antivirus program, quick!!! Also, get a new firewall so that you dont get any more viruses in the future! Finally, download spybot or adaware and get rid of any spyware.
hkey is a part of the registry. (core programming). whatever you do, DONT mess with anything regarding "hkey".

Answer 8

Handle to Registry Key. Go to the Spybot Search and Destroy website, download the program and clean off the spyware and browser hijackers.

Answer 9

Go to :
Grisoft.com
Get EWidow Anti spyware and AVG Free . They both free versons you can manualy update every day. I also recomend Bitdefender.
Run a complete system scan checking every file then DELETE infected files. This should solve your problem without using the help menue.

Answer 10

IT'S THE KEY BETWEEN THE G AND L.

IF ALL THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN RUBBED OFF YOUR KEYBOARD, THEN ITS IN THE MIDDLE ROW (HORIZONTALLY) OF THE 5 ROWS OF KEYS ( NOT INCLUDING THE FUNCTION KEY ROW) AND IT'S THE 6TH SQUARE ONE ALONG FROM THE LEFT.

IF YOU'VE GOT A LAPTOP, WITH A POINTER KNOB, THEN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE KEY WILL PROBABLY BE CUT AWAY IN A ROUNDED FASION TO ACCOMMODATE THIS.

Hope this helps.

Answer 11

Read up on it here before u go messing in the registry of ur PC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HKEY