-Do u mean disk cleanup? And will disk cleanup actually dump bad restore files or are they in the restore directory that I dump them from to recycle bin?
Forgive my ignorace but how will renaming scan.exe help, wont i be disabling when I rename.
-I did already dump fiels in temp from Norton...
-Sorry, the machine does work perfectly, all viruses helaed except now I am unable to install Norton Antivirus 2004.
-Did manual edit of registry to stop instopts.dat error.
-Says now "installation failed" like it did before
-Went through their knowledge base and no solutions for...
**update**
-Used the floppies from trendmicro and it didnt finad any viruses
-Got to Symantec and said thru automated assistant that system had w32.doom
-downloaded removal tool and there were 3 instances of the virus.
-Tried to install Norton Antivirus and got error said "The installation...
****UPDATE****
Got a desktop by restoring a good registry
-Computer booted up to desktop, froze several times, having to hard boot each time.
-Tried to type msconfig in run window, but before I could do any diagnostics msconfig would go away, msconfig would never stay on screen
-Went to safe...
Is this as simple as it sounds??
I have my bootdisk, i boot off floppy, then onde I have my DOS prompt i just run scanreg / restore to try and restore a previous registry right? Is there any copying over of files off floppy?
If im leaving anything out please let me know. Want to know before...
XP firewall was on, disabled that, still no internet connection thru router.
-Under network properties went to TCP/IP
-Set to find ip adrress automatically
Dns server automatically
D-HCP enabled under advanced
-No automtic gateway entered.
-IP address when I do an ipconfig was getting strange...
-I didnt think to check XP firwall
-Using Ip addresses as dictated by ISP
using DHCP to assign Ip addresse for others
-Not sure i understand what u mean by how router is working other its placement. From wall to modem to router to computer
-I rebooted modem
Thanks.
I guess its importan to note that the intial problem was Firewall wasnt letting anything thru, McCafee, basically causing no internet. McCaffee firewall was uninstalled because no adjustment was being allowed to the settings. Event hough logged in as Admin.
Put this on another forum as well, not sure which one is supposed to go
3 Dell computers
2-workstations (p3 w. XP)
1-laptop (p3 with Xp)
1-wireless Truemobile wx6215d router
Without any notice or purposeful action, there is no internet.
Take the router away from equation and internet works...
Have new ABS Computer.
-Have Tivo
-Have Albatron Geforce FX5200e video card
-P4 Intel processotr 3Ghz
Question? Is it posible to receord from Tivo into the computer to record programs to the DVD player. Or is that way too inconvient or unrealistic and better to just buy a DVD player/recorder...
Well friends nothing has worked. I did everything that was suggested and as far as all these virus programs are concerned there is no virus but I know there is.
At startup a blank large dialogue box (white background) comes up and shows the path C:\Windows\Programs\Startup\KAK.HTA.
If I close...
Thanks for the elaboration on Knoppix.
Just to let mattjurado know, I did try in safe mode and was unsucessful
Thanks got both peices of advice. I am always open to more
I read about Knoppix from official website. Other than what I read I know little about Linux so if you could answer some things for me about this.
-I boot up from CD using this disk (knoppix)
-I can only assume it will prompt me to install, which at least for this system I DONT WANT to do. How...
Have Windows 98 SE
-Have kak worm (kak.hta)
-(anyone not familar go to vil.nai.com, not www)
-downloaded patch from microsoft for that particular virus (both Norton & Mccafee said to)
-referred to a fixkak.exe; got an error executing -program or it said there was no infection
-keeps loading...
Just got XP Pro, 512 Megs of RAM, 1gHZ Intel. Booted from CD and formatted the disk with NTFS. It was copying setup files and freezes while copying driver.cab at 27%. I tried two different CD-roms and they both frreeze at the same point. There are no scratches on my new disk. Unhooked...
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