Re: anything to worry about??...

From: Ty (abc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/03 

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:26:01 -0700

ok thanks! so a virus is ruled out. however, it actually
happened again yesterday. i have two hard drives, one
formatted with the NTSF format (main) and the second
formatted with FAT32 (i took it from my old computer that
booted win98). the computer would boot up, but it would
take me to a C:\ prompt, stating above that it's running
windows 98. i checked the DIR of the C:\ drive and it
only listed items from that second FAT32 harddrive, as if
my FAT32 harddrive was the main drive with the OS. the day
before, i was able to log onto xp fine, and had not
changed or unplugged any cables. could this be associated
with the hardware issue you referred to as the main cause
of this problem? thanks greatly!

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not worried about viruses, then. The problem you
describe could
>definitely be a hardware issue, or perhaps a software
conflict of some sort.
>
>Event log: Right-click My Computer, and choose Manage.
>Click the Plus in front of Event Viewer, and then click
on System
>
>Look through the system events for ones surrounding the
time that you saw
>the blue-screen error.
>Look at items with a Red X Error type, or yellow triangle
Warning type.
>
>I haven't got a crash-type event in my own log to look at-
-but you will see
>a typical pattern of events at boot time, so maybe find
the boot after the
>crash, and look backwards to see if anything useful was
recorded.
>
>Sometimes the driver or system file involved in the crash
will be recorded
>in the blue-screen message, which may also make it to the
system log
>depending on the kind of crash--(i.e. whether the system
was able to do the
>recording!)
>
>"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0d0501c36cdc$98af8330$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> thanks for the reply. how would i go about checking my
>> system event log? and what should i be looking for in
it?
>> i used liveupdate to update the virus definitions (the
>> latest one was 8/20/03) and then scanned my whole entire
>> computer which gave word that there were no errors.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >This isn't typical of Blaster, FWIW.
>> >
>> >When you get those blue screen errors, it is a good
idea
>> to record at least
>> >the first few lines of what's on there.
>> >
>> >You may find the details in your system event log,
though.
>> >
>> >Are your Norton virus signatures up to date?
>> >
>> >You might want to scan with an alternative online
>> scanner, just for a second
>> >opinion:
>> >
>> >http://housecall.antivirus.com
>> >
>> >"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:068c01c36c64$4b3a7ec0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> well, i turned on my computer today (for the second
time
>> >> today..the first time everything went fine) and
realized
>> >> that it is not booting up. i have xp and it went
>> through
>> >> the data check (stage 1, 2, and 3 checks) and it
finds
>> >> numerous errors...it the pops up a blue screen
giving me
>> >> some error..well, i reboot, and then everything works
>> fine
>> >> until it pops up another error: "invalid boot.ini
file
>> >> booting from C:\windows" and it reboots. the thing
is
>> it
>> >> keeps doing this (rebooting). is this what the
blaster
>> >> worm virus does? because i wasn't sure. well, after
a
>> few
>> >> more hours of this, i finally get the computer to log
>> onto
>> >> my desktop, however my norton antivirus prompts me
that
>> it
>> >> is possible that an attacker might be trying to
disable
>> my
>> >> antivirus...so i did what symantec.com said to do and
>> >> everytihng is fine..now that norton works fine (as it
>> >> seems), i scanned my whole comp and there were no
>> viruses.
>> >> does this mean that there are no virus? and that i
>> >> shouldn't worry? any info would be greatly
appreciated!!
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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