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Had a pc full of viruses, freezes at login after trying a remover, reinstall XP over?

  • 17-12-2004 03:42PM
    #1
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭


    My mates pc had XP and was giving lots of trouble. It would load up and you could use word etc but it kept prompting to log onto internet sites. I got some spyware remover which deteected lots and deleted it, then it would freeze after the login in stage when rebooted.
    I plugged in the hd as a slave in my own pc and did a virus scan and got rid of lots of them, 100+ removals. Still wont boot. I think some system files were wiped by the spyware remover.
    Can I just reinstall XP over the existing system without reformating the hd?
    If I do should I install using the same 2 user logon names, would it cause trouble if I didnt?


Comments

  • #2
    liamo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    Well, if you're going to go to the trouble of re-installing, my advice would be to backup whatever data he wants to keep and zap the disk. Considering the amount of malware that you've already discovered I wouldn't be satisfied with anything other than a from-scratch install.

    Regards,

    Liam


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