How to Recover from the Trojan Horse Warning that Some Anti-Virus
Programs Cause
- Copy the data file(s) to another
location, such as a network or a USB drive
- It
is located in C:\Program files\Twtk30 (by default) and is called Test
data.mdb. Also copy any that you created, which could be called anything.
- Uninstall the ToolKit and your
anti-virus program
- Start
– Control Panel – Add/Remove Programs
- Delete the C:\Program files\Twtk30
folder
- Reinstall the ToolKit
- Leave
the checks in the boxes and click Finish when done installing
- Allow
the computer to restart (leave the CD in the drive until after you have
restarted the ToolKit in Step 11)
- Save the file located here into the
C:\Program files\Twtk30 folder, replacing the existing one
- Use
C:\Program files (x86)\Twtk30 for 64-bit computers)
- Click here to download
the patch file to bring your program up to date. Please follow the
directions below. (If you have a 64 bit version of Windows Vista, see
below Step 11 for those instructions.)
• Run the file (you may have to save it first.)
• Make sure that the window indicates it will be Unzipped to folder
“C:\Windows\System32”.
• Click on Unzip.
• Click on OK that three files were unzipped successfully.
(If the files do not unzip properly, change the unzip location to C:\ and then
copy the files from there into C:\Windows\System32)
• Close the WinZip Self-Extractor
• Click on Start – Run (In Vista, click on Start – All Programs – Accessories –
Run)
• Type regsvr32 cscmd32.ocx
• Click on OK
• You should see a message whose last word is “succeeded.” Click on OK.
• Click on Start – Run (In Vista, click on Start – All Programs – Accessories –
Run)
• Type regsvr32 csspin32.ocx
• Click on OK
• You should see a message whose last word is “succeeded.” Click on OK.
• Click on Start – Run (In Vista, click on Start – All Programs – Accessories –
Run)
• Type regsvr32 cstext32.ocx
• Click on OK
• You should see a message whose last word is “succeeded.” Click on OK.
- Disable the CrypKey service
- Click
on Start
- Right
click on My Computer
- Click
on Manage
- Double
click on Services and Applications
- Double
click on Services
- Double
click on Crypkey License
- Click
on Stop
- Drop
down the Startup Type control and choose Disable
- Click
on Apply
- Click
on OK
- Copy your data file(s) from the
alternate location back into the C:\Program files\Twtk30 folder
- Reinstall your anti-virus software
- Create an “exclusion” for C:\Program
files\Twtk30 and its subfolders in your anti-virus program
- If
you use Norton, click
here for instructions
- If
you use Kaspersky, click
here for instructions
- If
you use another program, check with the program’s manufacturer or help
function for instructions
- Start up the ToolKit and test it out
Instruction for
64-Bit Computers:
- Save the downloaded files from
Step 6 above into your Downloads folder
- Click on Start – Computer
- Click on the triangle next to
your user name (it might be “Owner”) on the left in the Folders section
- Click on the Downloads folder
- On the right side, click on the
first “CS” file. Hold down SHIFT and click on the last of them. They
should all be highlighted.
- Point the mouse inside a
highlighted file and right-click. Choose Copy
- On the left side of the screen,
double click on Drive C: and then on Windows
- Right click on SysWOW64 and
choose Paste. Accept all changes
- Close the window and go back to
your desktop
- Right click on an empty place
on your desktop and choose New – Shortcut – Browse
- Click on the triangle next to
Computer if you don’t see Drive C:. Double Click on Drive C: - Windows –
System32 – Cmd.exe - OK
- Click on Next – Finish
- Right click on the new icon and
choose Run as Administrator
- Type “regsvr32
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscmd32.ocx” (without the quotes)
- Hit the ENTER key on your
keyboard
- Click OK (Assuming you get a
“succeeded” message. If not, let me know.)
- Repeat steps 27 to 29 twice,
replacing the right side with csspin32.ocx and then cstext32.ocx
- Type exit and hit ENTER to
close the Command Prompt window
- Return to Step 7 in the instructions
above
- If it is not in there already,
put the ToolKit CD in the drive, if it is not there already. If a window
comes up or the ToolKit tries to re-install, cancel it.
- Open the ToolKit using the icon
on your desktop
- If a window comes up talking
about the publisher not being verified, take out the check on the box
asking if you want to see it every time the program runs and click on Run
- If a small window comes up to
install parts of the program, click OK and allow it to run
- When that is done, the program
should run
- Click on Data Entry
- A window will come up
complaining about a file or path not being found. Click OK
- Click on Change Database file
- Double-click on Test Data.mdb
and click OK
- You should see the Generic
Types group