what virus did i have?

[mudpucket]

hello.

Ive just had to reset my comp after a virus-attack.

Symptoms? Well after turning my comp on, as it would boot, id see a
flash of a blue screen then it would reboot itself. It did this over
and over.

Safe mode didnt help at all.

So what do u think i had?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "mudpucket" <[email protected]>

| hello.
|
| Ive just had to reset my comp after a virus-attack.
|
| Symptoms? Well after turning my comp on, as it would boot, id see a
| flash of a blue screen then it would reboot itself. It did this over
| and over.
|
| Safe mode didnt help at all.
|
| So what do u think i had?

BSoD not a virus.

You had a corrupted driver, DLL or other problem most likely unrelated to a virus.

 

[badgolferman]

hello.

Ive just had to reset my comp after a virus-attack.

Symptoms? Well after turning my comp on, as it would boot, id see a
flash of a blue screen then it would reboot itself. It did this over
and over.

Safe mode didnt help at all.

So what do u think i had?

The symptom you describe is the automatic restart in the Startup and
Recovery tab of My Computer Properties.

 

[Mich]

hello.

Ive just had to reset my comp after a virus-attack.

Symptoms? Well after turning my comp on, as it would boot, id see a
flash of a blue screen then it would reboot itself. It did this over
and over.

Safe mode didnt help at all.

So what do u think i had?

classic case of Cooties...

Mich...

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Mich" <[email protected]>


| classic case of Cooties...
|
| Mich...
|

That's a parasite Mich, not a virus

 

[Mich]

From: "Mich" <[email protected]>


| classic case of Cooties...
|
| Mich...
|

That's a parasite Mich, not a virus

I was not sure but I googled it:
Cooties is an American and Canadian slang term generally used by children to
denote an unspecified state of repulsion, particularly towards another
person, usually of the opposite sex ("Ugh, she has cooties!") Originally the
term meant body lice, but over the generations this became generalised first
to any sort of lice, including head lice, then later still to purely
imaginary stand-ins for just about anything that is considered repulsive.

Dang straight it looks like a parasite ;-)

Mich...