How to restore regisrty files on IE 6.0

[Rayddd]

My computer, running XP, is just recovering from a virus. The virus has been taken care of but now my browser will not display any website that uses Javascript.

One of the websites I was trying to access said to go to Tools-Internet Options-
Security- Custom Level- and to make sure the Active Scripts subfolders were checked for Enable. I did this to no avail.

Next I downlosded IE 6.0 and reinstalled- still no help.

When I go to Help on the toolbar and scroll down to About Internet Explorer it displays the usual window but the Version,Cipher strength, and the Product ID are blank.

I posted this question on the Javascript forum and received the following reply:

"Seems like the virus messed up the IE regisrty files, even uninstalling and reinstalling willnot work because the uninstaller doesn't remove certain registry files that other apps might be using...
Try posting this question in the windowsXP forum"

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated-

Thanks,

Ray

 

[gargouille]

Not what you want to hear, but you may not get there without formatting/reinstalling the OS.
You could try a "repair" install with this article as guidepost:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;315341&

 

[linney]

Working from this old MSKB article you could try reregistering these files, it may or may not work.

261328 - Cipher Strength Appears as 0-Bit in Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;261328&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

reregister
Schannel.dll, Rsaenh.dll and Advapi32.dll
Run each of the following from start/run:

regsvr32 Schannel.dll
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 Advapi32.dll



To Reinstall IE6:

1) Insert the Win XP CD

2) Open Start / Run and type:
rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 c:\windows\inf\ie.inf

Press ENTER

 

[JockFrog]

To save you perhaps a lot of time you should check out the antivirus venders sites as they often have tools made especially for certain virus created problems see

http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/

this PANDA site offers free utilities to correct problems associated with viruses but you need to know what virus hit you. This I think you can find out maybe by doing a scan on-line

Good luck