Win 98 Freeze after 15 sec, but not in Safe Mode

[Odis]

I have a work PC with Win98 installed. It now freezes everytime i boot up. Usually after 10-20 seconds. I have to hold in the powere button to restart. I boot up in safe mode and i don't freeze up. I can't get tp the internet in safe mode to go to websites such as

http://www.trendmicro.com

or any other sites. I have tried copying some software downloaded from another computer. Such as spybot, adaware, hijackthis and regclean. I have run all of these in safe mode on the freezing PC. They cleaned and fixed stuff, but the freezing has not stopped. I don't know if the Netvista harddrive is the problem or I have a worm. I know trendmicro can find trojan horses, but i can't run it. Any suggestions?

 

[jbrackett]

Sounds more like a virus than spyware. I'd download McAfee's Stinger from

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

and try that.

_{"The Crystal Wind is the storm, and the storm is data, and the data is life. You have been slaves, denied the storm, denied the freedom of your data. That is now ended; the whirlwind is upon you . . . . . . Whether you like it or not."}

^{"Trent the Uncatchable" in The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran}

 

[Kesser]

Personally I prefer Sysclean from trend Micro together with the latest pattern file - this is a stand alone package like stinger but i have found it to be much more effective. Does any antivirus software not work in safe mode or is there none installed on the pc?