Re: "Restore my Active Desktop" doesn't work
From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/27/05
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:16:02 -0400
In news:47900B7D-D611-4C41-AE1E-3F69567E238F@microsoft.com,
Margrit <Margrit@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> I think the following happened: In May of this year, another creative
> hacker managed to mimic Microsoft's monthly security bulletin
> announcement and issue a counterfeit version. In this case, the fake
> email was distributed under the guise of a Microsoft Security
> Advisory claiming to have an official update to Internet Explorer,
> Outlook Express and Outlook. But rather than patch vulnerabilities in
> these programs, the fraudulent update infected unwary users with a
> virus.
>
> Nothing on the desktop works. Tried to use the boot disk; there, the
> Norton Antivirus check never finished; don't know if reloading CMOS
> info is ok; it says Boot records are good; don't know if reloading
> Partition tables is ok. My last option (and I am about to do it) is
> reformatting the hard drive. Any suggestions?
Try getting into safe mode without networking first. Then scan if possible.
Safe Mode :
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/safemode.html
Malware Cleaning :
http://www.kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html
Galen
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