Help! Please!

Today I was playing around with my computer and I installed Norton Antivirus 2002 and did a full scan. After about twenty minutes of scanning I checked the final report and found out that more than 2100 of my files were infested with something called VBS.LOVELETTER, so I tried having the Antivirus repair the files but it couldn't. So I isolated them using the Antivirus and did a little research on the internet and found out that this so pretty serious ****. I have a lot of programs on my computer that I don't want to lose but I want to get rid of this damn virus. Someone help me!

Formating would be my last resort.

2100 files infested... One suggestion: get rid of your OS....Format, and reinstall again...

Only thing I can think to reccomend is writing down the reg #'s for the shareware progs you've dowloaded. . .Imma reformatting fool.

Try looking for software on google that removes that spacific virus/trojan.... that might be better then formatting :)

but formatting is great, it sucks at the moment but feels sooooo much better afterwards, you feel all clean :) lol

Have you tried the "fixes" at symantec's site? http://[email protected] or http://securityresponse.symantec.com...bs.plan.a.html, I'm not sure if their ideas will help but worth a try....no?