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"David H. Lipman" wrote:
> From: "frustrated" <frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com>
>
> | I have a pc running xp sp2 and it is on a network. Tcpip won't work no matter
> | what I do, so I followed microsofts instructions to remove winsock and
> | winsock2 from registry. I re-installed tcpip protocol, then rebooted. After
> | login, I get a EULA, for some software I've never heard of, without clicking
> | the "i agree", (that was the only choice) I close it by clicking the X in the
> | upper corner. I received a few error messages after that, and now I cannot
> | boot up into windows. I get my desktop, but no Icons. But I am receiving pop
> | ups from the internet. I have killed any suspect processes in the task
> | manager. I get the same symptoms booting to safe mode also. I have seen this
> | once before, and just formatted the drive and started over.
> | BTW Before all of this, I ran adaware, spybot, hijack this ... The pc came
> | up clean.
>
> You may be infected with a virus and that's why non-viral malware scanners failed to find
> anything.
>
> Dump the contents of the IE Temporary Internet Folder cache (TIF)
> Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Internet Options --> Delete Files
>
> Dump the contents of the Mozilla FireFox Cache { if you use FireFox }
> Tools --> Options --> Privacy --> Cache --> Clear
>
>
> Download CLEAN.EXE from the URL --
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/clean.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter
> {
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, two Kixtart scripts, two Link
> (.lnk) files and a PDF instruction file.
>
> GETFILES.BAT -- For downloading (FTP) the files needed to run the McAfee Command Line
> Scanner. You may have to disable your FireWall or allow FTP.EXE to go through your FireWall
> to allow the FTP utility to download the needed files
>
> CLEAN.BAT -- For running within Windows after running c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT. If you choose
> to scan again at a future date, run this batch file. It will automatically check the date
> of the McAfee DAT files and if it is a couple of days old, it will download (FTP) the latest
> signature files and install them before performing the scan.
>
> DOSCLEAN.BAT -- For use on a Win9x/ME PC or on a Win2K/WinXP PC that is using FAT32 after
> you have booted from an Emergency Boot Disk or DOS disk and have already executed;
> c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT from within Windows. DOS disk boot images can be obtained from;
>
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>
> I need you to perform the following...
>
> Execute; CLEAN.EXE
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; c:\mcafee\GetFiles.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'GetFiles Link' in c:\mcafee }
>
> Reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot]
>
> Shutdown as many applications as possible !
> It would also help for you to read - "How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
>
> Execute; c:\mcafee\CLEAN.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Clean Link' in c:\mcafee }
>
> A final report in HTML format called C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the
> end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer).
> It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing another scan.
> It would be a good idea to scan in Safe Mode and in Normal Mode and save a copy of the HTML
> report for each session.
>
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
>
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>
David
I cannot do anything inside of windows. There is no taskbar, start button,
nothing, and I cannot get into safe mode either. The only thing I can bring
up is task manager, and the pop ups that just happen to show up.
I'll try to boot from a floppy and try to run those utilities and give you
an update.
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