Is there a way to manually repair a registry key?

Posted under Registry Repair Software by admin

I have been infected with the XP Antirivus 2008 virus, and despite spending 4 days reading and re-reading about the manual removal, I just can’t get rid of it. I don’t have a real antivirus program other than AVG. I have downloaded both Spyware Doctor and Search and Destroy on the advice of other people in this forum and on the internet, but I can’t buy either copies — which means that I am manually deleting files.

Spyware Doctor has informed me that several of the registry keys require "repair." I am presuming that outright deleting them will be a bad idea.

So, is there something that I can do to manually repair the registry keys affected by the virus, or can I just delete them?

Registry value to be repaired: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Versio\Winlogon, userinit

PS. Everytime I try to download CCleaner, Tuneup2008, etc… Please, don’t recommend anymore downloads!!!
I said "no downloads" is because every time I open a new window it is replaced with an ad instead of the page I wanted to view — which means that I can type all kinds of links and addresses, but the legitimate sites never turn up, they are replaced by ads. Backspace will not work to go back to the legit site.

Further, on occasions where this doesn’t happen and I CAN download a program, when I open it, I am ALWAYS told that the setup files have been corrupted.

So – My computer won’t let me open webpages that include ANY keywords or meta tags regarding viruses, and almost NO antivirus programs can even be installed on my computer after download because supposedly ‘corrupted’ – including malwarebytes.

This is the only reason I’m resorting to manual repair.