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Virus question from an idiot.

  • 06-11-2006 8:27pm
    #1
    Matamoros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭


    I have the same symptoms of a Trojan Virus that a previous poster had and I have tried the suggestions that you guys mentioned to no avail. What is formatting the hard drive? And can I do it and start over with my PC? Thanks.


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  • #2
    mr_disc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 654 ✭✭✭mr_disc


    Formatting the drive is basically wiping the whole thing..... it will obviously delete everything on the drive ( including your own files ), so u would want to back up what u need.
    Seems a bit extreme to do this .... did u try to clean virus ?


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    What anti-virus software are you using?


  • #4
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Jaysis formatting to get rid of a virus is like dropping a nuclear bomb to kill a few ants....


  • #5
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Overkill is not always bad :)


  • #6
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Onkle51 wrote:
    Jaysis formatting to get rid of a virus is like dropping a nuclear bomb to kill a few ants....


    No, it's like burning the house down IF the termites have destroyed the structure beyond economical repair :)


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  • #7
    Matamoros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭Matamoros


    My computer had already got Kaspersky Anti-Virus on it and I always have kept it up to date, when I scanned the drive fully, it said that it could not scan some infected files or do anything about them. At the end of the scan, it said that the scan was complete but not fully finished, I left it like that for hours but nothing else happened. I tried Ad-Aware and it told me that there was 51 infected files but that it couldn't clean them all. What I have now is pop-ups and a small yellow warning sign near to the clock in the bottom right hand corner. Sometimes Kaspersky is showing a message of a Trojan attack and it recommends that I delete it but when I press ok, it can't do it.


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