shut down virus
By nilo_agpaoa
@nilo_agpaoa (24)
Philippines
April 14, 2008 10:36am CST
grrr....i hate viruses!its almost a month when my pc infected with this unknown viruses!what am i going to do...???my pc begins to shutdown whenever i used to open it.before there was a statement that indicates something wrong to my pc.I really got mad...pls HELP.Do i need to reformat it?HOw?
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4 responses
@rabboni (30)
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14 Apr 08
Hi nilo_agpaoa,
The way i see it, you can try the following and see if any of them work..... do it in the order i have specified....
1) In case it is a virus, you can take your hard disk to a friend's place and plug it into his computer. Make sure he has a good anti virus with up-to-date virus definitions. Which means he needs to have an internet connection. Do a scan using his antivirus software and see what it says.....if it is successful it will have removed the virus and your computer will work fine
2) If 1) does not work and the antivirus software in your friends computer did not detect a virus or if after cleaning up the virus, your computer still does not work...format your hard drive after backing up important data
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@gmwgreat (287)
• Ethiopia
15 Apr 08
hi nilo_agpaoa, i am also in that problem, there are many viruses in my computer, i don like anti viruses because of their million notifications, they make me really scared especially kaspersky, it screams when it got any kind of virus, Trojan, spy ware...but its very good anti virus. if you don care about the notifications and the shouting, buy and install the latest version of kesperky internet security, if you don like anti viruses then welcome to my world, i used to format my hard discs once in two weeks, because of the viruses, if you want to do that too, insert the operating system cd and reboot your computer, then follow the instructions in there, and don forget to press the recommended key when ever you are asked to format your hard discs, if you want to avoid data loss, before you started installing the operating system back up your files to another disc like flash, or ipod, if you need any help contact me in private, happy my lotting!!
@Gesusdid (1676)
• United States
14 Apr 08
yeah i sorta have the same problem too i have Windows XP and there this big red X circle down in the start bar always popping up saying that my laptop is infected i have a Spy Sweeper from Webroot but im wondering if i should just go ahead and buy Nortin Anti Virus ...should i just save my money ?
@rombi001 (941)
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14 Apr 08
HEy nilo, Yes format your hard disk and reinstall windows... If you try to delete the virus it does not work very well because most of the antiviruses cannot completely delete some viruses...
The way to format it is:
1. you buy windows XP, or Vista, or MacOs
2. restart your pc and enter bios by pressing del as soon as the computer starts
3. you must set the boot order so that it check your disk drive before the hard disk insert the cd, save and exit
4. choose to boot from cd
5. follow the instructions about how to format the drive and re-install windows
Warning: All your work will be lost from your hard disk!!
IF its not clear, contact me and I can explain better...
Good , luck