Before vista hits the market many people had their craze towards windows xp SP3. There is hidden information inside the operating system which astonished the users. If certain kind of worms presents in the system, they delete the registry entries or write absurd information. Windows XP service pack 3 also does the same. So what’s the result? The device manager no longer shows any devices, internet connections can fail, and thousands of new keys starting with ‘$%&’()*+,-’ are dumped in the Registry. So it may not be a wonder if security programs like antivirus, anti spy ware classified SP3 as hazardous malare.
One of the top antivirus Norton’s antivirus internet security immediately tries to remove SP3. Some instructions were given regarding products by Kaspersky and Trend Micro. In order to solve this problem, there is a solution provided by the patch that you can find on the Microsoft website using the search string ‘KB953979′. Symantec also offers a patch to its customers. You can contact the manufacturer for the file ‘SymRegFix.exe’ if you face similar problems.