Some background:
I recently ran into a problem trying to freshen up an old desktop PC that wasn't being used by our office due to slow performance and some malware. The computer wouldn't even load the OS unless in safemode. The machine is a Dell running Windows XP SP3
I cleaned out the internals using an air compressor and the computer's performance was fully restored. Next came the disk cleanup, defrag, and ran CCleaner just to wrap it up. I ran AVG Free AV but it was not able to delete some of the bugs. Here's my problem now:
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Somehow svchost.exe came up as infected and is now gone from the system32 folder and is in the desktop. I cannot copy and paste NOR click and drag the file back into the system32 file.
Windows XP is now not working correctly, even the task bar has dissapeared and wont show up even when toggling the window key. Safemode does nothing.
I need to somehow copy the svchost.exe file from its current location - the desktop, back to the system 32 file.
I have tried numerous tutorials but they all come back with an error. Can someone provide me with a template or the actual line i need to type out to move or copy the file back in place?
Thanks
Note- svchost.exe file location is c:\documents and settings\OWNER\desktop\temptroj\svchost.exe
I want it to go back to c:\windows\system32
I recently ran into a problem trying to freshen up an old desktop PC that wasn't being used by our office due to slow performance and some malware. The computer wouldn't even load the OS unless in safemode. The machine is a Dell running Windows XP SP3
I cleaned out the internals using an air compressor and the computer's performance was fully restored. Next came the disk cleanup, defrag, and ran CCleaner just to wrap it up. I ran AVG Free AV but it was not able to delete some of the bugs. Here's my problem now:
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Somehow svchost.exe came up as infected and is now gone from the system32 folder and is in the desktop. I cannot copy and paste NOR click and drag the file back into the system32 file.
Windows XP is now not working correctly, even the task bar has dissapeared and wont show up even when toggling the window key. Safemode does nothing.
I need to somehow copy the svchost.exe file from its current location - the desktop, back to the system 32 file.
I have tried numerous tutorials but they all come back with an error. Can someone provide me with a template or the actual line i need to type out to move or copy the file back in place?
Thanks
Note- svchost.exe file location is c:\documents and settings\OWNER\desktop\temptroj\svchost.exe
I want it to go back to c:\windows\system32
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