My computer won't start up in normal bootup, it will take approx 10-30 mins for it to get to the part where i log in, and when i enter my PW it freezes at loading personal settings.

In safe mode, It will start up and get me into windows, but the startmenu taskbar won't show up and when i try to run my antivirus it does an RPC and counts down from 60 till it shuts off.

This did not start happening till i reinstalled my antivirus and after reinstalling it everything started to mess up. I'm currently waiting for the computer to start so i can delete my antivirus to see if it was corrupted or something of the sort. does this sound like a familiar virus, and how can i go about using a new antivirus on this computer without it crashing.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Steve

I disabled everything in MSCONFIG, now this is the picture i get when i log into windows.

http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/...ve/Picture.jpg

"Steve P." wrote:

> My computer won't start up in normal bootup, it will take approx 10-30 mins for it to get to the part where i log in, and when i enter my PW it freezes at loading personal settings.
>
> In safe mode, It will start up and get me into windows, but the startmenu taskbar won't show up and when i try to run my antivirus it does an RPC and counts down from 60 till it shuts off.
>
> This did not start happening till i reinstalled my antivirus and after reinstalling it everything started to mess up. I'm currently waiting for the computer to start so i can delete my antivirus to see if it was corrupted or something of the sort. does this sound like a familiar virus, and how can i go about using a new antivirus on this computer without it crashing.
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve

Greetings Steve,

Yes, it sounds like you have a virus (your AV probably found it, and deleted
it, but an important file)

Here is what I would do :

1. Scan your PC for viruses from a boot CD (boot to CD or floppy, run an AV
over the whole hard drive)

2. DO a REPAIR Install of WindowsXP

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"Steve P." <Steve P.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D5DC61A-AC02-4FD2-A57A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My computer won't start up in normal bootup, it will take approx 10-30
> mins for it to get to the part where i log in, and when i enter my PW it
> freezes at loading personal settings.
>
> In safe mode, It will start up and get me into windows, but the startmenu
> taskbar won't show up and when i try to run my antivirus it does an RPC
> and counts down from 60 till it shuts off.
>
> This did not start happening till i reinstalled my antivirus and after
> reinstalling it everything started to mess up. I'm currently waiting for
> the computer to start so i can delete my antivirus to see if it was
> corrupted or something of the sort. does this sound like a familiar
> virus, and how can i go about using a new antivirus on this computer
> without it crashing.
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve

Yup,

This is the MSBlaster worm.

Note, you really should have an AV, a Firewall, and some AntiSpyware in
place before connecting to the internet.

For AV I suggest free AVG from Grisoft

For FW, the XP built-in will do
I suggest getting the SP2 RC1 also

For spyware, try these -

AdAware from Lavasoft (Cleaner)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Install, update, scan weekly

SpyBot Search and Destroy (Cleaner + Blocker)
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download
Install, update, immunise, scan weekly

Spyware Blaster 3 (Blocker)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Install, update, enable protection 2 types

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"Steve P." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FFB3B02F-4FBA-4B0E-8B06-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I disabled everything in MSCONFIG, now this is the picture i get when i log
>into windows.
>
> http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/...ve/Picture.jpg
>
> "Steve P." wrote:
>
>> My computer won't start up in normal bootup, it will take approx 10-30
>> mins for it to get to the part where i log in, and when i enter my PW it
>> freezes at loading personal settings.
>>
>> In safe mode, It will start up and get me into windows, but the startmenu
>> taskbar won't show up and when i try to run my antivirus it does an RPC
>> and counts down from 60 till it shuts off.
>>
>> This did not start happening till i reinstalled my antivirus and after
>> reinstalling it everything started to mess up. I'm currently waiting for
>> the computer to start so i can delete my antivirus to see if it was
>> corrupted or something of the sort. does this sound like a familiar
>> virus, and how can i go about using a new antivirus on this computer
>> without it crashing.
>>
>> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Steve