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Try to run it in safe mode.
If that doesn't help, then you are screwed. Same thing happend to my computer upstairs. Basically, you have to delete everything. Make sure that you have your computer's start-up disc/s before you whipe your comp though.
Does it happen all of the time? Or just right now? because that sounds like a computer lockup rather than a virus...
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Oh true...
Lol, that makes a big difference.
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Try those startup options: Safe mode, last known good configuration, etc. If they don't work, try a system restore (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools on Windows XP). If that doesn't work, then since he can't do anything on the interface, then installing an Antivirus software client will do no good, because he won't be able to use it. Re-installing Windows would be his best bet then.
If he does install AV software, I recommend the latest version of Kaspersky. It's rated number one and picks up stuff that Symantec and many others miss.
All things being fair...If he boot ups his comp with, say, a Norton disk, it will do a virus scan before Windows even starts.
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05-03-2007, 03:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2007, 03:37 PM by Lonely Werewolf.)
It's as same like Brontok virus.
Final solution, format your PC. Move your important documents to other partition (drives) and format drive C:\. This is what I usually do to my customer's PC.
When it comes to very-hard-to-remove virus, formating the hard drive is the solution.
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after you fix it i suggest avast antivirus seartch on google you get a sixty day trial and at the end you can rempove it and replace it
its good ot found 4 trojans and 2 worms my old norton missed (it came installed on a new laptop i bought this year)
xD
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06-08-2007, 03:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2007, 03:37 AM by Chaotic Phoenix.)
Norton or McAfee aren't really all that great for Virus Protection. I had to re-format my entire Hard Drive with the Destructive Restore to get rid of a couple of Viruses I had on mine. AVG is a good one to have. I got mine at downloads.com and it picked up what the other two didn't.
Thought I'd share the info :D
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