wingdings taken over desktop

[reader]

I have a users who thinks he has a virus. He said whenever he boots his
XP box all fonts are wingdings. I asked him to boot in safe mode and
he said his keyboard was disabled -possibly by the virus. When he
said that I thought it might also be a hardware error. ANy
thoughts/recommendations

Regards
Craig

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Cleaning a Compromised System
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I have a users who thinks he has a virus. He said whenever he boots his
XP box all fonts are wingdings. I asked him to boot in safe mode and
he said his keyboard was disabled -possibly by the virus. When he
said that I thought it might also be a hardware error. ANy
thoughts/recommendations

Regards
Craig

 

[Elmo]

I have a user who thinks he has a virus. He said whenever he boots his
XP box all fonts are wingdings. I asked him to boot in safe mode and
he said his keyboard was disabled -possibly by the virus. When he
said that I thought it might also be a hardware error. Any
thoughts/recommendations?

Regards
Craig

If the default font is damaged, another is selected, so that could be
the problem.

If a USB kb, it may not work in Safe Mode unless Legacy USB is enabled
in the BIOS.

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=wingdings+font&qt_s=Search+Groups