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Posted by EdwardATeller on May 11, 2007, 10:03 pm
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> After much thought,EdwardATelleraka sorry_no_em...@yahoo.com came up
> with this jewel:
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > > After much thought,EdwardATelleraka sorry_no_em...@yahoo.com came up
> > > with this jewel:
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> > > > 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 MS updates were WAY out of date, plus he has two teenagers using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,
>
> > 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.
>
> One other thing-
> Take your friend down to the local BigStore and get him a router.
>
> max
> --
Router is on the shopping list. I'll also install a Sygate firewall
and turn on Automatic Updates while I am at it.
Right now, I'm running the scans on my laptop as a test. Seems to be
going well, but I forgot to test to see if CrapCleaner can be
installed in safe mode. Seemed to work like a charm though.
Do you happen to know how up-to-date those virus definitions are?
Thanks again for the help. I am definitely glad to learn this fixing
my friend's computer and not my own.
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