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Ok this one might be a little long. I was purusing the internet when i
happened upon a super trojan virus, basically it downloaded a whole bunch of
extra viruses on my computer.
I managed to rid my self of the virus threat which included, spy sheriff,
some e-pay virus, and many more, using hijackthis. But of course HiJackThis
does not distinguish between pertinent system files and viruses it locates
and shows them all to you and you have the option to delete certain files.
I must have deleted a few more than what was needed. The viruses are gone,
but so is the use of my desktop, which includes the start bar, shortcuts, and
so on. The only way I can open certain files or programs that actually still
work, is by hitting ctrl+alt+del and using NEW TASK. When I try and accesss
a menu inside of one of these programs it freezes and does not respond, plus
anything that does open and work, like firefox (suprisingly enough), and
itunes, when I close it the image is left on the desktop, move a window and
it collages the desktop with multiple windows.
Then more fun, to my dismay when I got fed up and went to re format and re
install XP I relized that I don't know where my copy is. So in conclusion if
anyone has any ideas on how i can repair my XP Pro so it will work again, for
the love of the computer gods, please tell me what to do, I'm putty in your
hands.

Thanks in advance,

Kyle
 
From: "NIMPOW" <[email protected]>

| Ok this one might be a little long. I was purusing the internet when i
| happened upon a super trojan virus, basically it downloaded a whole bunch of
| extra viruses on my computer.
| I managed to rid my self of the virus threat which included, spy sheriff,
| some e-pay virus, and many more, using hijackthis. But of course HiJackThis
| does not distinguish between pertinent system files and viruses it locates
| and shows them all to you and you have the option to delete certain files.
| I must have deleted a few more than what was needed. The viruses are gone,
| but so is the use of my desktop, which includes the start bar, shortcuts, and
| so on. The only way I can open certain files or programs that actually still
| work, is by hitting ctrl+alt+del and using NEW TASK. When I try and accesss
| a menu inside of one of these programs it freezes and does not respond, plus
| anything that does open and work, like firefox (suprisingly enough), and
| itunes, when I close it the image is left on the desktop, move a window and
| it collages the desktop with multiple windows.
| Then more fun, to my dismay when I got fed up and went to re format and re
| install XP I relized that I don't know where my copy is. So in conclusion if
| anyone has any ideas on how i can repair my XP Pro so it will work again, for
| the love of the computer gods, please tell me what to do, I'm putty in your
| hands.
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Kyle

I don't know what you did but I bet you did not make the needed Registry corrections. The
following tool will make those needed Registry corrections and will remove any viruses or
other malware found to be on the PC

Download SmitFraud.exe from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/SmitFraud.exe

Execute; SmitFraud.exe { Note: You must accept the default of C:\McAfee }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to enable WGET.EXE to download the needed McAfee related files.

Execute; c:\mcafee\clean.bat
{ or Double-click on 'Clean Link' in c:\mcafee }

A final report in HTML format called C:\mcafee\ScanReport.HTML will be generated. At the
end of the scan, it will be displayed in your browser (Opera, FireFox or Internet Explorer).
It is suggested that you move the report out of c:\mcafee before performing another scan.
It would be a good idea to scan in Safe Mode and in Normal Mode and save a copy of the HTML
report for each session.
 
So, basically what you're saying is that your system is hosed and the only
way out is to do a clean install, but you can't find the CDs for your
software.

It's your own fault that your system is hosed, but making mistakes is what
makes us human. You are forgiven. Losing the CDs is another thing.

Some manufacturers install a hidden recovery partition on the hard disk.
This will erase your hard disk (you will lose everything) and reinstall the
software that was on your computer when it left the factory. Ask the
manufacturer if your computer has one of these and how to use it.

If you don't have a recovery partition, your remaining choices are:
1. Find your CDs.
2. Go to the store and buy new ones.
 
I don't know if your've tried this yet, but I would attempt a "Restore"
operation back to a date prior to the virus infection. This may save you a
lot of headaches.
 
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