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Name: Adil Date: June 15, 2007 at 16:31:40 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Intel II
Comment:
Hi i had a trojan virus but i had downloaded NOD32 an said it had removed it so on my Xp i have 5 acoounts all are fine but my dads like it wont let me put anything on the start up menu like its empty it wont let me put a background and it wont let put anything on the toolbar like the internet it wont let me have a menu bar and it wont let me do anything and can anyone help me!!!!!!!!!
Name: pgckkwvdzm Date: June 15, 2007 at 18:50:50 Pacific
Reply:
Just do a clean install to ensure no malware is carried over. That's what I do whenever I get them things.
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Response Number 2
Name: bmustillrose Date: June 15, 2007 at 18:54:17 Pacific
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Have you tried just backing up his my documents and just recreating his account? Its also worth restarting in safemode and doing a nod32 scan again then if ^ didn't fix the problem.
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Response Number 3
Name: power3 Date: June 15, 2007 at 21:41:27 Pacific
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Hey when you do your reinstall make sure the format dosen't carry any software over to the new install. Happened to me once so be careful!
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: June 16, 2007 at 15:35:46 Pacific
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"make sure the format dosen't carry any software over to the new install. Happened to me once"
I think that might merit an explanation - - how does 'format' "carry software"?
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Response Number 5
Name: bmustillrose Date: June 16, 2007 at 17:53:20 Pacific
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Now thats a new consept, the format that doesn't actually format.
Perhaps you could do sfc /scanboot which will scan and replace any system files that it thinks are corupt; you'll need a xp disk for this.
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