could disable it by changing this value you listed to 4 rather than 3 …
Start REG_DWORD 0x00000003 (3)
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Jon
"Battle Geek" <> wrote in message
news:…
>
> I’ve been being plagued by this critter for a while now, whenever I’m
> playing Warcraft I’ll get a random Blue Screen of Death, message
> something to the effect of:
>
> PavTPK.sys
> PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
>
> I emailed Panda tech support and they said it is not part of their
> product, though they did link a hotfix, it doesn’t run on Vista and I
> didn’t get a return email.
> Here’s what I found after a lot of digging
>
> FILES
>
> NTBLOG
>
> Loaded driver \??\C:\Windows\system32\PavTPK.sys
>
>
>
> SETUPAPI.APP.OLD
>
>>>> [Build Driver List – ROOT\LEGACY_PAVTPK.SYS\0000]
>>>> Section start 2009/06/17 07:45:18.314
> cmd: "C:\Windows\system32\sigverif.exe"
> dvi: Unable to retrieve InfPath – likely no driver installed
> <<< Section end 2009/06/17 07:45:18.314
> <<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]
>
>
>
> SIGVERIF
>
> Unscanned Files:
> ——————
> [c:\windows\c:\windows\system32]
> pavtpk.sys The directory name is invalid.
>
>
>
> UNINSTAL
>
> SharedDelValues
>
> Key27=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\PavTPK.sys
>
> Key45=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\PavTPK.sys\
>
>
>
> REGISTRY KEYS (FOLLOWING THE TRAIL FROM THE \"UNINSTAL\" FILE)
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\PavTPK.sys
> (Default) REG_SZ (Value not set)
> DisplayName REG_SZ PavTPK.sys
> ErrorControl REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
> ImagePath REG_EXPAND_SZ
> C:\Windows\System32\C:\Windows\system32\PavTPK.sys
> Start REG_DWORD 0x00000003 (3)
> Type REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
> WOW64 REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
>
>
>
>
> HEKY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ LEGACY_PAVTPK.SYS\0000
>
> (Default) REG_SZ (Value not set)
> NextInstance REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
>
>
>
> Google has not been very helpful with this problem, it seems to me that
> some piece of Malware pretending to be part of Panda Antivirus is
> planting hard to find, but badly programmed files that are causing page
> faults. At this point all I want to know is, how do I kill this thing?
> The internet lacks the language for me to correctly express my rage at
> being blue-screened while gaming
>
>
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