I had an interesting problem with a server (Windows 2003 Standard) at a small business (6 users total) the other day – a very long startup time. The server in question is a standalone domain controller/DC as well as a database/application server and file/print server. Terminal Services is installed & configured, but rarely used – [...]
Quick Fix: have a program named procmon.exe running (copy of notepad.exe) to disable malware temporarily. This should let you run searches & download fixes. This is only temporary while you clean the system. Read this post for more details and please let me know in comments if this does or does not work for you.
Update/Fix:
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My antivirus reported an infected file (setpwrcg.exe) this morning, with a file date of 7/19/2004.
There were a few things that struck me as odd about this:
It didn’t seem like a randomly-generated name,
Most viruses/worms don’t seem to bother to set their file dates, particularly not to 5 years ago,
I haven’t been doing anything likely to [...]