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May 6th, 2004, 07:33 AM
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May 6th, 2004, 07:33 AM
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May 6th, 2004, 08:25 AM
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Your post is a bit confusing, but i will try to help you out. Ok safemode is a diagnostic way to boot your pc and a way to fix some problems. It basicaly boots the pc wth the minimum of services and drivers.
To boot into safe mode you nead to press F8 as the computer starts up. This should than give you a black screen with white text on it, like a dos screen. Here you will find a list of boot options. You should use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to highlight boot into safe mode and then press enter. Thpc will then continue to boot, as safe mode loads you will be given a text box with an option to use system restore or continue using safe mode.
From within safe mode you can run your AV anti Trojan scans which should be more succesfull as anything suspect should not be loaded and in use by the system. You should also disable system restore befor running any scan. This can be done by right clicking my computer ant then properties then system restore, and checking the turn off system restore box.
Can you post anymore info, why do you think you have a virus trojan etc. What other simptoms there are.
What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. - Dave Barry
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May 6th, 2004, 08:25 AM
#4
Your post is a bit confusing, but i will try to help you out. Ok safemode is a diagnostic way to boot your pc and a way to fix some problems. It basicaly boots the pc wth the minimum of services and drivers.
To boot into safe mode you nead to press F8 as the computer starts up. This should than give you a black screen with white text on it, like a dos screen. Here you will find a list of boot options. You should use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to highlight boot into safe mode and then press enter. Thpc will then continue to boot, as safe mode loads you will be given a text box with an option to use system restore or continue using safe mode.
From within safe mode you can run your AV anti Trojan scans which should be more succesfull as anything suspect should not be loaded and in use by the system. You should also disable system restore befor running any scan. This can be done by right clicking my computer ant then properties then system restore, and checking the turn off system restore box.
Can you post anymore info, why do you think you have a virus trojan etc. What other simptoms there are.
What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. - Dave Barry
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May 6th, 2004, 10:10 AM
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cool. ty. thats what i wanted to know.
the reason i went in that direction (towards a trojan) was because VET kept telling me there was 1 in there & it kept popping up 'such & such a trojan on your system' (please dont ask me what it was called) & i couldnt get rid of it. a full system scan ended in a re-boot & i was no better off.
i read a thread in here that mentioned that TDS got rid of trojans & vwala there i was with a useful tool on any other system but mine.
i pm'd someone in here & they gave me a list to try & it just so happened that their suggestions worked,  (try having 1 AV installed at a time, makes sense now lol, & run it in 'safe mode') & i was just wondering why, but now i know... so ty.
now i seem (i say seem cause im not 100% sure yet) to have got rid of it & the system scans clean (even out of 'safe mode')
the computer has picked up a bit & evreyones happy... well im happy anyway. (for now. lol)
thanks for the explanation. 
'I might get the hang of this yet' lol
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May 6th, 2004, 10:10 AM
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Junior Member
cool. ty. thats what i wanted to know.
the reason i went in that direction (towards a trojan) was because VET kept telling me there was 1 in there & it kept popping up 'such & such a trojan on your system' (please dont ask me what it was called) & i couldnt get rid of it. a full system scan ended in a re-boot & i was no better off.
i read a thread in here that mentioned that TDS got rid of trojans & vwala there i was with a useful tool on any other system but mine.
i pm'd someone in here & they gave me a list to try & it just so happened that their suggestions worked, (try having 1 AV installed at a time, makes sense now lol, & run it in 'safe mode') & i was just wondering why, but now i know... so ty.
now i seem (i say seem cause im not 100% sure yet) to have got rid of it & the system scans clean (even out of 'safe mode')
the computer has picked up a bit & evreyones happy... well im happy anyway. (for now. lol)
thanks for the explanation.
'I might get the hang of this yet' lol
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May 6th, 2004, 12:43 PM
#7
Hi,
1. Reinstall VET.............it is a good AV product
TDS3 (Trojan Detection Suite 3) from Diamond Computer Systems is about the best of breed IMHO, but it is AT not AV..........and you do need both.
Whilst I am on about them, go to http://www.diamondcs.com.au and get their free RegistryProt
2. You are running XP on 128Mb of RAM
You need more old chap...............XP is a greedy little puppy............get a 256 or 512 strip and put it where the existing one is, then put the 128 in the vacant slot. Damn thing will go like a belt fed mortar
Cheers
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May 6th, 2004, 12:43 PM
#8
Hi,
1. Reinstall VET.............it is a good AV product
TDS3 (Trojan Detection Suite 3) from Diamond Computer Systems is about the best of breed IMHO, but it is AT not AV..........and you do need both.
Whilst I am on about them, go to http://www.diamondcs.com.au and get their free RegistryProt
2. You are running XP on 128Mb of RAM
You need more old chap...............XP is a greedy little puppy............get a 256 or 512 strip and put it where the existing one is, then put the 128 in the vacant slot. Damn thing will go like a belt fed mortar
Cheers
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