Ever since Norton, I have a nasty virus...

[Suleeto]

Hello, all. I was running XP Pro 2002 for the longest time. I would ge
hit by the occasional spyware, but Ad-Aware killed the few that slippe
by Black Ice Defender.

Then I set something up wrong in Black Ice and had to uninstall it
after three years of smooth operation. Black Ice wouldn't let m
reinstall, it wanted me to repurchase (bastid's!). I got
virus/spyware/whatever that deleted all my System Restore points, an
that was that.

I broke down and purchased Norton's antivirus and 2-year plan for $60
Downloaded it from their site. Installed it.

It automatically installed a bunch of Windows updates. My system ha
never been the same again. Norton will not complete a full system sca
ever, it crashes as it approaches 60,000 scanned items. What is more,
literally got hit by a virus while norton was supposedly running. Thi
virus changes the system font to (I think) Wingdings, and then delete
all your fonts in the fonts folder. What is more, it messed with IE a
some point, and now whenever you click a link that spawns a popup o
new window (or just hit CRTL-N), it freezes the IE window. You have t
then click the IE icon again and get a new one. A view of Task Manage
shows IEXPLORE.EXE a bunch of times (as many as you tried to spawn
new window). You can close them via Task manager (End Process).

I think I have a messed up version of XP Pro that is somewhere betwee
2002 and SP1, along with a virus. Norton and AGV both find viruses
including one called Proxy.GBN. Up until today, I was managing ok, i
would interfere with the internet connection (periodically taking i
down and back up again), which was annoying but livable, but today,
can no longer connect to the internet at all. The adapter says it find
the wireless network, good signal, I see packets sending out mostly, bu
I can't get web, messengers, or anything at all.

NOW....

I have an SP1 disk, and I was going to install this from BOOT, but whe
I boot the PC up with it, it starts with, "Setup is detecting you
hardware" or something like that. After awhile, it bluescreens an
reboots in a split second.

???

I want to just reinstall windows. It won't let me! I cant get on th
net anymore either. Help!

-J

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Suleeto" <[email protected]>

Replies are inline...

| Hello, all. I was running XP Pro 2002 for the longest time. I would get
| hit by the occasional spyware, but Ad-Aware killed the few that slipped
| by Black Ice Defender.


BlackIce Defender is a FireWall application not anti spyware thus it will NOT afford
proterction against non-viral malware.


|
| Then I set something up wrong in Black Ice and had to uninstall it,after three years of
| smooth operation. Black Ice wouldn't let mereinstall, it wanted me to repurchase
| (bastid's!). I got avirus/spyware/whatever that deleted all my System Restore points,
| andthat was that.
|
| I broke down and purchased Norton's antivirus and 2-year plan for $60.Downloaded it from
| their site. Installed it.
|
| It automatically installed a bunch of Windows updates.

Norton doesn't download Microsoft updates. Norton downloads Norton updates via. LiveUpdate.


| My system hasnever been the same again. Norton will not complete a full system scanever,
| it crashes as it approaches 60,000 scanned items. What is more, Iliterally got hit by a
| virus while norton was supposedly running. Thisvirus changes the system font to (I think)
| Wingdings, and then deletesall your fonts in the fonts folder. What is more, it messed
| with IE atsome point, and now whenever you click a link that spawns a popup ornew window
| (or just hit CRTL-N), it freezes the IE window. You have tothen click the IE icon again
| and get a new one. A view of Task Managershows IEXPLORE.EXE a bunch of times (as many as
| you tried to spawn anew window). You can close them via Task manager (End Process).
|
| I think I have a messed up version of XP Pro that is somewhere between2002 and SP1, along
| with a virus. Norton and AGV both find viruses,including one called Proxy.GBN. Up until
| today, I was managing ok, itwould interfere with the internet connection (periodically
| taking itdown and back up again), which was annoying but livable, but today, Ican no
| longer connect to the internet at all. The adapter says it findsthe wireless network, good
| signal, I see packets sending out mostly, butI can't get web, messengers, or anything at
| all.
|
| NOW....
|
| I have an SP1 disk, and I was going to install this from BOOT, but whenI boot the PC up
| with it, it starts with, "Setup is detecting yourhardware" or something like that. After
| awhile, it bluescreens andreboots in a split second.
|
| ???
|
| I want to just reinstall windows. It won't let me! I cant get on thenet anymore either.
| Help!
|
| -JA-- Suleeto

Take your computer to a reputable, certified, service center.

 

[Guest]

could be that you have more antiviruls running in the background or just low
on system resources to run norton successfully.

Possible that even though you unistalled some prior software, their startups
and auto updates may still be resident. I would go to start > run > msconfig

startup tab > disable all those that you don't recognize. Maybe disable

all, then run norton manually upon rebooting....