Old friend of mine (85) was asking me to look at their computer because it
is to slow and doing fanny things. I was looking at it and realized that
they have no virus programs, so I installed Ad-Aware and scanned the
computer. I found 64 files infected with various Trojans, spyware and other
things including a virus called Bloodhound. after cleaning with Ad-Aware I
had messages coming up that some files are corrupted. I have asked them to
give me the original windows xp disk to rectify the corrupt files, but they
have lost it. So I got my windows xp professional and put it in to fix the
corrupted files. Now I get new messages to validate the program, which I
don't want because it is validated in my computer. My problem is now that I
can not uninstall the program because it would not let me. I wanted to
format the hard disk and it would not let me do that either. I would
appreciate any help or suggestion to solve this problem

"Rezso Tamits" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:x4l6g.22554$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Old friend of mine (85) was asking me to look at their computer because it
> is to slow and doing fanny things. I was looking at it and realized that
> they have no virus programs, so I installed Ad-Aware and scanned the
> computer. I found 64 files infected with various Trojans, spyware and
> other things including a virus called Bloodhound. after cleaning with
> Ad-Aware I had messages coming up that some files are corrupted. I have
> asked them to give me the original windows xp disk to rectify the corrupt
> files, but they have lost it. So I got my windows xp professional and put
> it in to fix the corrupted files. Now I get new messages to validate the
> program, which I don't want because it is validated in my computer. My
> problem is now that I can not uninstall the program because it would not
> let me. I wanted to format the hard disk and it would not let me do that
> either. I would appreciate any help or suggestion to solve this problem

Ad-Aware, though a fine program, is not an anti-virus program and won't do
anything about fixing viruses on a computer. Get an up-to-date anti-virus
program and run it on the computer. This may solve the problems being faced.

Purchase a new copy of Windows XP Home Edition
and perform a "Clean Install".

Example:

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837102059

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Viruses - I feel your pain
http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/...18/159482.aspx

Here's what you can do to enhance the security on your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...2/Default.mspx

Spyware and other unwanted software
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

How do I help protect my computer against viruses?
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...s_protect.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Rezso Tamits" wrote:

| Old friend of mine (85) was asking me to look at their computer because it
| is to slow and doing fanny things. I was looking at it and realized that
| they have no virus programs, so I installed Ad-Aware and scanned the
| computer. I found 64 files infected with various Trojans, spyware and other
| things including a virus called Bloodhound. after cleaning with Ad-Aware I
| had messages coming up that some files are corrupted. I have asked them to
| give me the original windows xp disk to rectify the corrupt files, but they
| have lost it. So I got my windows xp professional and put it in to fix the
| corrupted files. Now I get new messages to validate the program, which I
| don't want because it is validated in my computer. My problem is now that I
| can not uninstall the program because it would not let me. I wanted to
| format the hard disk and it would not let me do that either. I would
| appreciate any help or suggestion to solve this problem

"Rezso Tamits" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:x4l6g.22554$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Old friend of mine (85) was asking me to look at their computer because it
> is to slow and doing fanny things. I was looking at it and realized that
> they have no virus programs, so I installed Ad-Aware and scanned the
> computer. I found 64 files infected with various Trojans, spyware and
> other things including a virus called Bloodhound. after cleaning with
> Ad-Aware I had messages coming up that some files are corrupted. I have
> asked them to give me the original windows xp disk to rectify the corrupt
> files, but they have lost it. So I got my windows xp professional and put
> it in to fix the corrupted files. Now I get new messages to validate the
> program, which I don't want because it is validated in my computer. My
> problem is now that I can not uninstall the program because it would not
> let me. I wanted to format the hard disk and it would not let me do that
> either. I would appreciate any help or suggestion to solve this problem
>
Your tale dosen't have a ring of truth to it?
"an old friend" aged 85???? - HUMBUG!!!!
I suspect it to be a pirated installation, you were silly enough
to do this "installation" with your *own* validated disk, and recent
windows security updates have included the validation tool, and
the pirate installation has been detected, and the "warning pop-up"
is appearing on Both your validated installation, and the "Invalid"
installation on another PC.
You've been caught, lesson learned.
If your tale is true, you will be receiving a phone number on-screen,
All you have to do is dial it with your tale, if they (MS) believe you,
then they will supply the solution..............