How do I shut down dangerous processes before BSOD appears?

[T5]

My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but when
within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with what looks
like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I have tried
everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not to do this as the
pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe mode, system restore
but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder, that found and destroyed a
coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with the signatures that were
available when the machine started playing up. I ran driver cleaner, to see
if it is a driver problem, I ran memtest, with no problems. can anybody
help?

Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie one
that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?

 

[Ayush]

Disable that in msconfig's startup tab. Start > Run > msconfig

Sometimes simple things can do big things...

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: My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but
when
: within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with what looks
: like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I have tried
: everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not to do this as
the
: pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe mode, system restore
: but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder, that found and destroyed a
: coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with the signatures that were
: available when the machine started playing up. I ran driver cleaner, to
see
: if it is a driver problem, I ran memtest, with no problems. can anybody
: help?
:
: Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie
one
: that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?
:
:

 

[T5]

I cannot use the run command so how do I do that?

Disable that in msconfig's startup tab. Start > Run > msconfig

Sometimes simple things can do big things...

--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

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: My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but
when
: within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with what looks
: like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I have tried
: everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not to do this as
the
: pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe mode, system
restore
: but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder, that found and destroyed a
: coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with the signatures that were
: available when the machine started playing up. I ran driver cleaner, to
see
: if it is a driver problem, I ran memtest, with no problems. can anybody
: help?
:
: Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie
one
: that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?
:
:

 

[Leythos]

My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but when
within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with what looks
like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I have tried
everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not to do this as the
pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe mode, system restore
but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder, that found and destroyed a
coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with the signatures that were
available when the machine started playing up. I ran driver cleaner, to see
if it is a driver problem, I ran memtest, with no problems. can anybody
help?

Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie one
that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?

I ran into this on a computer the other night, but it was because I
changed motherboards... It's simple to keep all of your data and repair
the system, if it was working before there is a very good chance that a
"Repair/Reinstall" will work for you.

Get your Windows XP CD, google for XP Repair Reinstall, and then follow
the directions. In about 2 hours you will have your system back and you
can then reinstall drivers and all of your data will be there.

 

[Joe]

My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but when
within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with what looks
like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I have tried
everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not to do this as the
pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe mode, system restore
but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder, that found and destroyed a
coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with the signatures that were
available when the machine started playing up. I ran driver cleaner, to see
if it is a driver problem, I ran memtest, with no problems. can anybody
help?

Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie one
that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?

Avast! can be set to do a boot scan. I don't know that it will help;
just a suggestion.

 

[Malke]

My sons PC has a problem whereby it will boot to desktop (xp home) but
when within about 20 seconds a process starts ( a little icon with
what looks like a devils face appears) and then it goes to the BSOD. I
have tried everything except a clean install. He would prefer me not
to do this as the pc contains all of his coursework. I have tried safe
mode, system restore but that doesnt work, i have run cwsshredder,
that found and destroyed a coolwebsearch variant. I ran AVG, only with
the signatures that were available when the machine started playing
up. I ran driver cleaner, to see if it is a driver problem, I ran
memtest, with no problems. can anybody help?

Is there a AV prog that will run with full signatures in safe mode, ie
one that I can download to disc and run on the infected machine?

Answered in detail in your other post. Please don't multipost; it makes
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Malke