Re: virus, pc won't boot
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/06/04
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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 05:53:54 -0700
gumby wrote:
> I think i have a boot virus. I turn my computer on and
> it keeps restarting when gets to the point where it
> starts to load the os(i think?). i can get into bios and
> i can press F8 and select to start up in safe mode but it
> dosn't go further then that, just keeps reseting. also i
> noticed that when i unplug/turn off the power for a
> second then turn it back on, it seems to start on its own.
> I'm sure it not a hardware, i have had some problems with
> spyware recently but i thought i fixed that. i've got the
> latest updates of avg, adaware and spy bot (not that it
> does much good now). i think i downloaded something
> nasty, it wasn't an email thing because i havn't checked
> it in ages :)
> thats all the info i have right now, i hope its not too
> useles.
> thanks heaps
Why would you think this is a virus and not hardware? It certainly
sounds more like hardware to me. A good way to test if it is a hardware
or Windows problem is to get Knoppix, a Linux distro that runs from cd.
You can get the .iso for Knoppix at www.knoppix.net. Obviously, you
would need to get this from a working pc that has a cd-rw and
third-party burning software to make the bootable cd from the .iso.
Then boot with Linux and if you have the same problems, you know it is
hardware.
Malke
-- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!"
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