mkarimzada Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 The other day i accidentally downloaded a file that contained a load of trojans. i managed to rid of most of them. But now its infected a program that usually starts on startup and it runs it when its not supposed to ( its a sony usb driver and for teh first time it shows on applications on taskmanager) and it shows as a space on the bar by the time instead of a little camera. The recycling bin also show that there are 7 files in it and it shows theres files in there on the icon , but when i try to delete them it doesnt work and it stays full, and there are no 7 files in there. My Internet Explorer is also very screwed up, for example when i tried to save a page it popped up an error that a file is missing. I have also tried to restore and and repair the 2000 install but that didnt work. The restore completed but popped up an error in teh middle about needing to install the SP4 cd. Is there any application that will reset the WINNT files and registry back to the fresh install settings and delete unknown files( which what i think the trojans have infected). This was a trojan associated with SpySheriff. I really dont want to reinstall!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Start backing up your data and run checkdisk. If all else fails fresh install of windows on a clean deep formatted partition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkarimzada Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 i just ran chkdsk 2 times (both chkdsk /p- since it said that the drive had no serious problems) the 1st time it said there were errors on the disk the second time it said it was all fine. so i dont know. how do i fix it? the emergency repair didnt work. i may have to reinstall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 If it has repaired the drive as much as it can then try another restore if that does not stop the problems cut your losses and reinstall windows. And get some good virus and malware protection. Also consider Firefox there are some threads on this though not everyone knows just how inportant it is. I like a program called auto patcher it updates windows to the latest hotfix before you ever get on the internet. Of cource there are some extra options registry tweaks etc you should only choose if you know exatly what you are doing. Great program but read up before you use it if you choose to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkarimzada Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 ya im just gonna reinstall it thanks alot for the help and tips. NIce avatar too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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