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Using XP SafeMode to repair Virus`d PC.

AlekSmart · 2010-04-25 00:33:27

Long story short.... Friends Dimension 4300 running XP (SP2) infected with some sort of nasty which constantly reloads the XP Screen. I have attempted to start it in SafeMode with Networking without success. However I have it running in SafeMode proper but it does not have anything in Network Connections. What I would like…

25-04-2010 12:33am

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AlekSmart

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Long story short....

Friends Dimension 4300 running XP (SP2) infected with some sort of nasty which constantly reloads the XP Screen.

I have attempted to start it in SafeMode with Networking without success.

However I have it running in SafeMode proper but it does not have anything in Network Connections.

What I would like to know is.....can I setup a new Internet Connection within SafeMode to download an AV programme and then attempt to clean the Virus/Malaware out ?

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1812-1889)

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#2 25-04-2010 1:20pm

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Download to a USB stick using a different computer and then run it from the USB stick in safe mode.

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#3 25-04-2010 2:27pm

AlekSmart

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Whodathunk it !!

Thanks FSL...now to get a stick !

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1812-1889)

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