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hello all, i have a virus on my notebook HD, i just bought a USB module and was able to recover imp* Data from it now i want to get rid of that virus...i have tried norton, zonelab and not able to delete. it freezes and certain point and i have no choice but to restart the process. i have tried to delete that file manualy but lo luck...now am wondering wat is the process of deleting everything from my HD, so i could reload the windown on it and stuff...
Have you tried:
1. Enter safe mode (Norton Security doesn't always work in safe mode - pretty useless for an anti-virus).
2. Identify the virus on the www.symantec.com website for instructions to remove it.
3. Use McAfee's Stinger or the free F-Prot virus checker to remove it.
4. If you want to be totally safe, then use your Recovery Disk.
5. If you don't have a Recovery Disk, then hope someone can post something on no.6 after this posting ;)
Seriously, reinstalling everything can be a nightmare...good luck.
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If you decide to get rid of the virus using removal tools, remember to delete all saved XP recovery points as well. The virus could have gotten into it as well.
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"i have recovery cds, if i recover the whole system..would it delete the virus too....
REQUIRE HELP!"
That's correct - if you 'recover' your computer to the factory installation, your computer will return to a point in time before you got the virus. This is a bit simplified, but that's all you need to know at the moment.Good luck.
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the free version of avg catches all the problems that the paid for norton won't
you can pay the same price for avg and not have to worry about paying for it every year
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you need to find the virus first it wil be imbedded in your registry
if you do a system repair it will not absolve the virus
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Bite the fullet and reformat the drive and reinstall Windows. You might be able to get it patched up, and it may run (kinda, for a while). Might want to think about spyware/adware/and virus protection to prevent this in the future. Or switch to Linux!
You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users
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GX1,
I switched back to Linux for that reason... but
I can't recommend Linux to anyone who's struggling to work out whether to recover a computer; reformat it or just opt for a system recovery.Apples are a lot more fun to work with - if you don't recover from this virus, go for an Apple ;)
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