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re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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Posted by Tamara (4 messages posted)


Thanks! I took the advice and started over. Took all day but I think it worked! My AVG has downloaded and updated. Windows is doing an update-probrably security updates or what-not. I am so relieved. Been without net access for 3 weeks. Thanks guys!


On Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 11:42 am, bob wells wrote:
>It sounds like you've picked up a Virus/trojan or other malware.
>
>See this link for steps to a CLEAN install of XP.
>
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>What you performed sounds like an Over the Top install that was not SP2. Either way
>you've lost all your Updates since SP2.
>
>If you do have Malware and now a corrupted XP, a CLEAN install is probably your
>best bet. The formatting process will eliminate any Malware.
>
>BW
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>BW
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>
>


Written in response to:
re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (bob wells: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 11:42 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (bob wells: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 3:35 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (Tamara: Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 4:45 pm)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (Johnb33: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 6:29 am)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (Tamara: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 7:01 am)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (bob wells: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 11:42 am)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (Tamara: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 3:08 pm)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (bob wells: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 3:35 pm)
-re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (Tamara: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 4:11 pm)
*re: Can't click a link after Destructive Recovery (bob wells: Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 4:34 pm)
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