[AT] OT - BIG computer problem

[pga2 at hot1.net]

Mike,
If you decide to reformat, be sure you boot the system from a known clean floppy.
Otherwise, the virus will load itself in memory and will reinfect the system.
I would recommend that you boot from a clean floppy and re-fdisk the drive and all
partitions on it before reformatting. This gives the virus a double whammy before
rebuilding and lessens the chances that the file will survive.
Also, be sure you have all the drivers you will need before you start, it just makes
everything go much smoother.

Phil

>
> Hi All,
> I have a very sick computer at home, and I could use some advice on the best way to
> fix it. I started Saturday, when I opened NAV 2004 and tried to run a scan which it
> had as overdue. When I clicked the "scan now" button, the computer told me that this
> user didn't have the priviledges to run this scan. I linked to Symantec's site, and
> followed their fix, but it did nothing. I have never set up users on my system, and
> have had it for 4 years. Since I couldn't use Norton, I down loaded and installed
> AVG 6.0 from Grisoft, and Zonealarm. I had AVG run a scan and it found a virus,
> which it called a trojan horse scedA. It said it couldn't heal the file, and that it
> would need to be deleted. I ran the scan again, and it found the same virus in
> another file. I then encountered an error and had to restart my computer. When it
> booted up, I had two errors both of which read " Validation failed for
> C:\windows\system\vsinit.dll. Most of my icons are missing, and the "Start" button
> is ino!
>  perable. Since I couldn't use "Start", I couldn't get to system restore to try that
> option. I finally found system restore in the C drive folder, but it won't run.
> Bottom line is my computer will do nothing and many things simply will not run. I
> managed to burn copies of things I wanted to save. My thought was to format C drive
> and reinstall windows, but I'm in uncharted waters here, and wanted some input
> before I tried that. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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