Virus

[Siawash]

My pc has been infected with virus. Im using another pc right now. Ummm, the problem is that is that when i log in into windows it'll restart the pc.

And safe mode is not working.

....ah this is a major virus I think.

any help would be appreciated.

 

[Siawash]

Im not able to start Firefox, or run any kind of software that can remove this thing. It has slowed down the pc significantly.

 

[Áļéאָ]

windows live cd. Should be enough to make backups before formatting your hd / or clean up your pc (which isnt always 100% possible unless you really know what you're doing)

 

[cristy07]

if you have used an anti-virus software but it doesn't work, so the only way you can do is recover your partition C: with Ghost, I always do that when my I can't kill viruses in my PC

 

[Siawash]

Had to re-install win XP. everything is gone.

 

[Siawash]

i partitioned, and im just updating all drivers now.

 

[newbie original]

How have you been able to track down the correct versions of all the relevant drivers? This is not a trivial step and if you've done it correctly, it would be great if you could share it with others who haven't figured the step out or have had problems.

I've had problems with this on more than one occassion, after reformatting.

 

[Áļéאָ]

You could just check.. what hardware you got. If you know your hardware finding drivers is easy.

 

[Siawash]

Yes, i only had to update two specific drivers; Graphics and Sound driver. I had a cd fir the GFX card and HP website had the sound driver update.

 

[Áļéאָ]

you should get at least new gfx drivers from ATi or nvidia. HD playback/gaming (esp the 2nd) really improves by getting new drivers.

 

[Siawash]

How have you been able to track down the correct versions of all the relevant drivers? This is not a trivial step and if you've done it correctly, it would be great if you could share it with others who haven't figured the step out or have had problems.

I've had problems with this on more than one occassion, after reformatting.

For me, almost every driver was installed. I did have to re-install GFX driver, and sound driver. All I had to do was to update the driver.

 

[sky_blue]

Maybe you can try "driver magicioan" it will backup all drivers.

 

[hot_player7]

I have tried Driver magician,it works..Hahaha.Thank you sky blue.It quite fast to restore my driver.

 

[hot_player7]

Oh..I forgot to ask...Which antivirus you guys recommend?

 

[Rocky]

AVG Free is a good anti-virus.

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html

 

[hot_player7]

I have tried kaspersky 2009 antivirus...Looks ok in my PC.All virus has been clean.You can try 30 days trial at this link http://www.antivirus365.net/download/try_before_buy.php

 

[Pizarro14]

Hey I did the latest virus scan with Kaspersky and got a **** load of virus..now i'm thinking about reformatting my whole harddrive...is it easy to format the whole harddrive? my harddrive is a Maxtor 4R120L0 120gig harddrive. Any advice I would appreciate it. My operating system is Windows XP.

 

[Áļéאָ]

piss easy. Just start your computer from your Windows CD and delete/format your HD. Just look online for XP installation guides. I'm sure there must be a guide with pics online somewhere

 

[rpvankasteren]

Of course: backup. I lost 20+GB of music once. Took me weeks to replace that.

 

[newbie original]

Backup all your files(documents, music, pictures, videos), emails(if you use Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook) and internet favorites.

Then start searching for all the hardware drivers you will need.....video card, sound card, network card, etc. etc.