Regedit won't run

[Alan C]

My pc was infected by the bugbear (& other) virus and coolweb
spyware. It is now clean and antivirus fully updated. Since then,
I cannot run 'regedit' (error = registry editing disabled on this
machine), nor can I run updates (error = Administrators only). This
is a standalone w98se box with no defined user accounts, so no
system policies.

This is obviously the result of the virus(es), so can anyone suggest
a fix/workaround?

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[Ben Myers]

If it is the computer you are using now, download
http://a64.g.akamai.net/7/64/2015/2003-09-25-15-/download.nai.com/product=
s/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf
to your desktop, right-click and select "Install".

Ben

"Alan C" > wrote in message =
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> My pc was infected by the bugbear (& other) virus and coolweb
> spyware. It is now clean and antivirus fully updated. Since then,
> I cannot run 'regedit' (error =3D registry editing disabled on this
> machine), nor can I run updates (error =3D Administrators only). This
> is a standalone w98se box with no defined user accounts, so no
> system policies.
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> This is obviously the result of the virus(es), so can anyone suggest
> a fix/workaround?
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[Alan C]

Thanks, Ben.

"Ben Myers" > wrote in message
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If it is the computer you are using now, download
http://a64.g.akamai.net/7/64/2015/2003-09-25-15-/download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/fixswen.inf
to your desktop, right-click and select "Install".

Ben

"Alan C" > wrote in message
...
> My pc was infected by the bugbear (& other) virus and coolweb
> spyware. It is now clean and antivirus fully updated. Since
then,
> I cannot run 'regedit' (error = registry editing disabled on this
> machine), nor can I run updates (error = Administrators only).
This
> is a standalone w98se box with no defined user accounts, so no
> system policies.
>
> This is obviously the result of the virus(es), so can anyone
suggest
> a fix/workaround?
>
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