Virus with mp3 utilities?? :S

skyline.gtr.tg · #1 (**permalink**) 5th Sep 2006, 4:16 am

hi,

i have had mp3 utilities for some time now, but when i recently installed AVG (anti-virus) it said that mp3 utilities had a trojan virus on it! :S I dunno, but is this why i cant uninstall it?

ps: when i try and uninstall it, it says there is a problem with the windows install package :S. I have no problem with installing and uninstalling other programs! :S

BIZZARRE

pls help!

tadad1 · #2 (**permalink**) 5th Sep 2006, 6:44 am

skyline.gtr.tg,
To uninstall it you need to delete the folder from the Program Files folder then open regedit and got to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersi on\Uninstall
You will find a series of subfolders with alpha numeric names like this {7784A172-61F1-445E-8368-601607E0DD22} click on each one until you find the entry related to MP3 Player Utilities 3.68 displayed in the right panel, then delete this folder.

You should now be able to install another version.

skyline.gtr.tg · #3 (**permalink**) 6th Sep 2006, 1:03 am

hi,

i went into the registry but couldnt find "...\CurrentVersion\..." :S. I did try and repair the existing mp3 utilities but still its not there!.

Also, what about the virus thing?? ne1 else said there was a trojan virus in mp3 utilities??

ne help appreciated,
thanks

tadad1 · #4 (**permalink**) 6th Sep 2006, 1:16 am

skyline.gtr.tg, It has only recently started to be reported as having a trojan. The offending files are called DelDrv.exe and DEVCON.EXE. These files also appear in other versions but do not seem to get picked up in virus scans. Removing the files causes problems with the utilities but if you replace them with text files with the same name and extensions everything seems to work ok and you may even be able to uninstall it.

skyline.gtr.tg · #5 (**permalink**) 6th Sep 2006, 3:45 am

ok, thanx for clarifying.

but wat about the problem with my registry? it doesnt have "..\currentversion\.." :S

thankz

tadad1 · #6 (**permalink**) 6th Sep 2006, 7:29 am

skyline.gtr.tg, Sorry man I missed a bit it should be
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\

skyline.gtr.tg · #7 (**permalink**) 8th Sep 2006, 2:42 am

sorry for the trouble, but it still says the same thing after deleting the regstry files!!! :S

can ne1 pls tell me a solution!!!!!

Btw: don't tell me to reformat my comp!! i did that two weeks ago!!

tadad1 · #8 (**permalink**) 8th Sep 2006, 2:56 am

skyline.gtr.tg, When you say "it still says the same thing", what is the message you are getting?

Edit: There may be another entry here HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Pro ducts\

Deleting the entries will not make the uninstall work but will allow you to manually delete the 3.68 folder and install another version.

admin · #9 (**permalink**) 8th Sep 2006, 3:20 am

skyline.gtr.tg

What version of the MP3 Utilities are you using?

skyline.gtr.tg · #10 (**permalink**) 8th Sep 2006, 3:15 pm

gr8!!! Thankz for the advice guys. =] After deleting both of the registrys i could install mp3 utilities 4.00. Before i was trying to uninstall the previous one, not install v.4.00! Duuuh!!!!

btw: i was using mp3 utilities 3.68

thankz