Is this a virus or worm?
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Date: 09/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:00:28 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>I had a coworker bring in his kid's laptop, an Inspiron
>with XP Home. It boots up to the Windows desktop; no
>icons, no taskbar, no response to RMB or any of the
>Windows key commands, just the empty screen. I brought
>it up in Safe Mode as Administrator, I can get the
>taskbar when I modify toolbars, but can't put My Dox, My
>Computer, etc on the desktop. I've been trying to run
>some of Symantec's removal tools, but it's tedious. Can
>anyone help me zero in on this?
>
>Regards
>.
BTW, System Restore won't run either, and it tells me to
reboot and try again.
>
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