BLASTER VIRUS 60second PC Shutdown

[bluebilly]

I've got the Blaster virus on my Toshiba Protege laptop - but it is not giving me enough time to run the fix to clear it. I've tried starting in safe mode, but the virus still comes up almost straight away. I'm running Windows 2000 Professional. How do I firstly, stop the virus running - as I've said it doesn't give me enough time to access the start/run to enter "shutdown /a" or "shutdown -a" as suggested elsewhere.
Am I looking at a new laptop or is it recoverable ?

Thanks
bluebilly

 

[bluebilly]

System restore is not an option in Windows 2000

 

[mistanapesis]

I don`t how this works but I installed Zone alarm and it blocked it.gave me time to use the fix, might be worth a try.

If your unsure....Dont do it!

 

[sulumnad]

if you have another computer with Norton AV you can make a rescue disk set. Make sure that computers AV is up to date and then put in the disks into the infected computer and have it scan your system.