Noel
Wed Apr 28 01:03:50 CDT 2004
You HAVE to get rid of the virus before doing anything else - otherwise
it'll come back and haunt you big-time - maybe just wiping the whole HD!!
update the F_Prot definitions and try it again.
WRT your reinstall problem - it's a common one caused by reinstalling over
the top of WMP9.
Look here for instructions (once you've got rid of that virus!).
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/reinME.htm
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"Jeff B" <allenbNOSPAMme@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%233$$$JMLEHA.2532@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> The F-prot defs were for last month. As I said this was my offline box.
> Somebody ran a script or distinct virus on me 3 1/2 years ago.
> Norton never caught it. In fact, the day before I had refreshed the
> definitions for norton.
> I found a few of the files it used, but probably not all of the scum
> it put on my system and in my registry.
> It might still have been doing things right to the end.
> All I know, one day I was searching a newspaper site for specific words,
> next day I coundn't get online. Try to go on and computer would either
> reboot, blue screen or not connect.
> If I searched registry for a words connected with some of the files I
found
> that were part of
> the virus, my computer would either reboot, blue screen or kill regedit.
> Maybe renewing the install will calm that down.
>
> Now that is being a problem.
> Keep getting SUWIN errors trying to reinstall WINMe.
> Jeff
>
>
> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:eab$$8HLEHA.3056@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Jeff - this sounds like you could have a rather nasty virus!
> >
> > You did check the definitions in F-Prot were up-to-date before you used
> > them, didn't you?
>
> > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> >
> > Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's
> > > I'm back...
> > > So much for fixing this error.
> > > was xcopy ing files over to another drive,
> > > when I went back to C: my Windows folder was gone. 8(
> > >
> > > I was hoping to figure this out.
> > > Now I have a different problem, reinstalling WinME.
> > > Will post at windowsme.setup
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the suggestions on this.
> > > Jeff B
>
>