Re: Virus disabling my computer

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 01/21/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:10:25 -0600

Both the Norton and the McAfee CDs are bootable... boot the
CD and then run your virus scan.

"taff" <taff@the-valleys.com> wrote in message
news:jvpr00dvn6hhrmsbrcld1jhjudarud3uun@4ax.com...
| On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:35:38 -0800,
| <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
|
| >
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:09:05 -0800,
| >><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| >>
| >>>
| >>>>-----Original Message-----
| >>>>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:34:58 -0800, "Mark"
| >>>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>>My Windows 2000 system was until this morning
| >connected
| >>>>>to a campus network at my college. This morning my
| >>>>>internet was disabled by the computer center of my
| >>>school
| >>>>>and i was told a virus was on my computer. They
| >>>>>recommended that I install a number of programs
| >>>including
| >>>>>virus protection software and a blasterworm fix.
| >>>>>However, any time i would attempt to load these discs
| >>>>>onto my hardrive, my computer would automatically
| >shut
| >>>>>the software down, therefore making it impossible for
| >>>me
| >>>>>to fix. After numerous attempts of restarting and
| >safe
| >>>>>mode tinkering, I have yet to have any success. If
| >>>>>anybody has heard of this before please tell me how i
| >>>can
| >>>>>deal with this problem.
| >>>>
| >>>>Try starting in safe mode and working from there. ( F8
| >>>on startup )
| >>>>Safe mode does not load all processes, so it may not
| >>>load the problem
| >>>>files.
| >>>>
| >>>>Taff...........
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>www.sounds-pa.com | www.thecomputerworkshop.com
| >>>>.
| >>>>I loaded safe mode and installed the antivirus
| >software,
| >>>however this software only runs in normal mode making
| >it
| >>>useless in safe mode.
| >>
| >>OK, ctrl+alt+delete > processes stop any processes that
| >look odd. If
| >>the computer hangs, start again, then try the AV.
| >>
| >>Taff............
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>www.sounds-pa.com | www.thecomputerworkshop.com
| >>.
| >>I did what you said, and a few interesting files came
| >up, Firedaemon.exe, Slave.exe and IdentD.exe were all
| >files that I didn't recognize. I was unable to terminate
| >any of them. If any of these files are potentially
| >harmful, how can I get rid of them manually without the
| >antivirus protection?
|
| Do a search for the files and note where they are.
| Make a directory c:\suspect
| Re start in safe mode and move the files to that
directory. Do not
| delete the files just in case they are part of something
that you have
| installed.
| re start and try NAV again
|
| Taff.............
|
|
|
| www.sounds-pa.com | www.thecomputerworkshop.com

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