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Posted by EdwardATeller on May 11, 2007, 7:02 pm
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> After much thought,EdwardATelleraka sorry_no_em...@yahoo.com came up
> with this jewel:
>
> > I have an infected XP Home computer that will only boot into safe
> > mode. It has no AV software on it. I tried a installing a couple of
> > products on it, but none of them would install in safe mode. This
> > seems like a big deficiency, but maybe there is a good reason for it.
> > Is there some AV software I can install and run in safe mode?
>
> > BTW, this virus acts sort of like blaster, but when I ran FixBlast
> > from Symantec on the computer (in safe mode), it said it was not
> > infected with blaster.
>
> > Another BTW, this is a friend's computer, so no yelling at me for not
> > running AV software to begin with. He had it directly connected to a
> > DSL modem with no router or software firewall, his MS updates were WAY
> > out of date, plus he has two teenagers using the computer. Amazing it
> > took him this long to get infected.
>
> Download David's Multi_AV tool(you will find a link to it on my pages
> below). Run it so that a folder is created and update all 4 scanners.
> Then copy the folder to removable media and take it to your friends and
> paste it in the C drive. The scanners will run in safe-mode. Perhaps
> after cleaning he will be able to boot normally. While your at it,
> download an AV and spyware scanners and copy them to the removable
> media. I have some good ones listed on my site plus some tips on
> staying malware free that your friend might find useful.
>
> max
> --
> My Pages:
> Virus Removal Instructionshttp://maxpro4u.freehostingnow.com/removal.html
> Keeping Windows Cleanhttp://maxpro4u.freehostingnow.com/keepingclean.html
> Tools:http://maxpro4u.freehostingnow.com/tools.html
> Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply. nomail.afraid.org is
> specifically setup for USENET.Feel free to use it yourself.
Max,
Thanks! That is a really handy page you have. I'll try your advice
and report back. For the other poster, the box gets to the welcome
screen and then just hangs when booting normally.
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