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re: I have a Trojan Virus...
Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Joey
(12 messages posted)
I have made some progress. I went into my registry editor and I have my active desktop
back now. I will soon post the steps I took in order to retrieve that function very
soon for future users with my same problem. This is a learning experience for me
as well. If anything, I think I have at least confined the Trojan to just being a
sitting duck in my system. I haven't noticed any other malfunctions related to it
at this time.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 10:00 pm, Carol J wrote:
>
>Malware infections can mess up a system enough to where a repair/reinstall of Windows
>is sometimes necessary. Let's take one thing at a time, but just cleaning your system
>likely won't put everything back to normal.
>
>It's just a long shot having you try restoring a good registry backup, and we shouldn't
>count on it. You can still follow my previous instructions. Then before rebooting,
>delete the Restore volume following the instructions below. (A registry restore
has
>nothing to do with ME's System Restore).
>
>I'd read that you said the trojan was in the Restore folder. You can NOT delete
that
>folder in Windows or Safe mode, because it's a protected folder. In order to delete
>the entire folder, you need to boot with the startup disk and use the DOS command
>for delete.
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>Note: Deltree is a very powerful command. Anything you type after it, will be permanently
>deleted. This will delete all of the temp files in that folder. How to do it:
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>Boot your system with the startup disk in the floppy drive. At the A: prompt, type
>the command below in Bold. (Note the space)
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> DELTREE C:\_RESTORE
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>Once it's finished, remove the disk from the drive and Ctrl_Alt_Del to get back
into
>Windows. Let us know how it goes.
>
>
>
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