Hello Everyone,

Recently my laptop (OS: Windows XP SP2) was infected with viruses/worms. In particular the exe file smss.exe and killer.exe used to execute.

One possible issue was there was not anti-virus and security center wasn't running.

I installed Avg 8 and it did clean up the system. But there is still a problem.

When I click on security center in control panel, it says security center is unavailable because security center service is not runnning. Please restart windows or run the service.

When I goto services I do not see security center in the list. Now how do I fix this problem. Though windows updates and firewall is on but why can't I see & start security center.

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
JG

did you double check your comp is malware free? if not
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

otherwise you might have to repair install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI

Cudni

I was able to fix the problem though. But the above mentioned solution didnt help. I downloaded a tool which fixed it.

Thanks.