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can I download just the services.exe file from the system restore

Anonymous
2013-05-05T14:50:47+00:00

My AGV virus tool is warning me that the services.exe file is infected.  How can I get a copy of this file for Windows 7?  Can I download it from the system restore?  If so, how?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-05T15:09:22+00:00

    You probably do not need to download anything. On my machine a copy of services.exe resides in this folder:

    c:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..s-servicecontroller_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_2b54b20ee6fa07b1

    On your machine it might reside in a similar folder.

    To replace the files requires skills at a maintenance level. Ask a computers-savvy friend to assist you if the following instructions make no sense to you:

    1. Reboot the machine into Repair Mode, using F8 at boot time.
    2. Open a Command Prompt.
    3. Locate the System drive letter. It could be C:, D: or E: but it can't be X:. I shall call it Q:,
    4. Using the command "dir  /s  Q:\windows\services.exe", find out where your copies of services.exe reside.
    5. Rename Q:\Windows\System32\services.exe to services.org so that you can back out in case things go wrong.
    6. Copy the other instance of services.exe to Q:\Windows\System32.

    Note also that the virus might have caused some damage elsewhere too.

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