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Geek Culture / Annoying Virus (Or Something)

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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:56
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heya,

I haven't been on for a couple of days or so,
I have this virus on my pc that when you click log in,
it does the welcome sound but then it still stays on it,

can anyone help me?

Ali @ Nukesoft

P.S. I'm my brother's PC.

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:58
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Get an anti-virus program...

Walk softly... and carry a big gun...
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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:01
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Got it already, AVG, ZoneAlarm and Spybot search and destroy!

I don't have a f***in clue what is wrong?!

P.S. Soz for swearing, it is really annoying though!

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Luke B
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:01
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what do you mean, it still displays the welcome screen and doesn't log on? well, i've had this before, just wait about 1 min or so and it works. to solve your going to have to reinstall windows.

TI 126Mhz, 584MB RAM, no HDD, 320x320 screen... wait that's my Palm
>> Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD, XP Pro SP2 with DX 9.0c
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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:02
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I waited for a very VERY long time, but still would not
log in

Ali @ Nukesoft

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Luke B
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:06
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well use safe mode to backup your data, and then reinstall windows. sorry for you, mate, but its the only option. i've had to reinstall about 7 times. so much for s stable os, although my regular BSODs tell me my graphics card is the cause of all my troubles (cough *geforce 2 mx 400*). i'll soon be getting a 6600gt though.

TI 126Mhz, 584MB RAM, no HDD, 320x320 screen... wait that's my Palm
>> Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD, XP Pro SP2 with DX 9.0c
Want an eight way Opteron *workstation*
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:07
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Try Safe mode, and possibly delete the profile and create a new one. It could be something corrupt.

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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:08
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ha HA! I've got nVidia GeFORCE FX5900!

But, it won't come up as safe mode
How do I switch it to safe mode?

Ali @ Nukesoft

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Luke B
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:12
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@ nukesoft: press F8 on keyboard at bootup, choose windows xp (thats what your using, right?) and select safe mode.
log on, put all your important settings on disc and format the drive with the xp cd. then reinstall windows, restore your data and progs and get windows like you like it again.

TI 126Mhz, 584MB RAM, no HDD, 320x320 screen... wait that's my Palm
>> Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD, XP Pro SP2 with DX 9.0c
Want an eight way Opteron *workstation*
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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:12
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Quote: "although my regular BSODs tell me my graphics card is the cause of all my troubles (cough *geforce 2 mx 400*)."


90% of Hardware Problems in Windows XP are down to the Motherboard and/or System Ram.

It might seem crazy but believe me, I've had so many problems with Windows XP recently.. yet could never figure out why there was one System I have which runs it perfectly stable. Swapped the Ram out, even though Linux told me it was find.. and blam! Ever peice of hardware which I thought was breaking down suddenly works 100% and WindowsXP is perfectly stable on here too.

As for the Virus, use the Symantec website's Virus Checker. It'll find any virus you have on your system.
Unfortunately due to registration issues I'm stuck with PC-Cillin', can't wait until I get this Norton stuff sorted. That said I thought I had a virus, just turns out the ram doesn't work fast enough for my CPU and FSB.. so it keeps slowing the system down and Windows sees it as a limitation so uses the PageFile which kicks in the Hard Disk; which oddly seems to be running slow.


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Luke B
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@ raven:
Quote: " 90% of Hardware Problems in Windows XP are down to the Motherboard and/or System Ram."

really? my bsods usually say nv4_mini.sys causes the problems + problem is always a driver. when i send that bloody error report the website says "error caused by a graphics driver"

well i am upgrading to a 6600gt, ill say if it makes a difference
also my cpu runs at 70 degrees C, even with a monster HSF.

TI 126Mhz, 584MB RAM, no HDD, 320x320 screen... wait that's my Palm
>> Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD, XP Pro SP2 with DX 9.0c
Want an eight way Opteron *workstation*
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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:19
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I kept getting that too when my system crashed, either that... or C-MEDIA.sys has caused an issue..

Replaced the Ram, everything runs fine. Just instills my faith in cheap SDRAM really heh


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Pincho Paxton
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Most of my problems are graphic driver problems. When I remove the drivers the computer is usually fixed. Then I install the drivers again, and they work just fine. I think that there must be a virus that messes up the graphic card drivers.

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Ian T
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Quote: "I think that there must be a virus that messes up the graphic card drivers."


Nicely put

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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 19:15
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I'm running on Win98,

Thanks anyway, CodeKid, I'll try that

Ali @ Nukesoft



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Van B
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 19:26
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I use Win2000Pro, and the only problems I've had is when changing hardware. Basically if you change your processor or motherboard you can't avoid a reinstall these days, but it sounds more like a corrupt startup file from a third party application, maybe just adware or something like that, XP is really sensitive about it's startup, so a reinstall is often the quickest option once you weigh up how long it takes to properly debug a PC.

It's always a good idea to have a small system partition, like 5 or 6 gb for windows, then install and store everything on another partition. Doing this can save a lot of heartache because you simply overwrite your OS partition, leaving your files safe from XP's cruel installer.


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Gir
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@Raven I hate Norton, every time ive installed it it has buggered up something in my comp, first was my ATI Radeon 9700 pro, which now seems totally bust, so i got rid of norton. Then i thought i had a virus so i put it back on thinking it couldnt do much more harmful, and now random exe's such as games reset my comp, ity still does it even though ive uninstalled it again

I'm makin' a cake...
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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 22:35
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you shouldn't need more than 2-3 gb for an xp partition, if you don't install *anything* else on it..

3gb if you want to be safe...

And stick your swap file on a separate partition

I have mine in it's own little partition on the beginning of the second hdd^_^

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PowerSoft
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2004 04:04
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Quote: "
P.S. I'm my brother's PC
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now thats an original excuse for being a moron. Please sir it wasnt me, it was my brothers PC.



DISCLAIMER::
im not calling you a moron but its just its sounds like a favourite phrase on the forum


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Osiris
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i hate microsoft and their money i dont think bill gates even goes there anymore i think he just sits at home with the only good copy of Windows XP telling his slaves in what maner to give him his money


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bitJericho
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Quote: "i hate microsoft and their money i dont think bill gates even goes there anymore i think he just sits at home with the only good copy of Windows XP telling his slaves in what maner to give him his money"


so eh... what OS do you use again?

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Neil19533
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i reckon your pc is trying to load something eg a virus detector or mabey a cdrom or even trying to detect your network settings and then is crashing or just taking along time. make sure that there is no cd in the drive and take out your network connection(if you have one) then try if that dont work get windows xp as it is allot better than 98 as it dosent crash as much.

p.s i doubt bill gates or any other of microsoft are intensionally putting bugs in windows as it would cost money to do that and then to fix them. and the reason there is many problems is most people have windows so you get allot more hackers/coders trying to brake it than other o/s'

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bitJericho
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if you're running win 98 then I highly doubt you want xp on your machine as it's probably not going to make the min specs..

For a tight OS, get windows 2000 pro Takes up just as much as 98, but has the stability of xp

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Quote: "i hate microsoft and their money i dont think bill gates even goes there anymore i think he just sits at home with the only good copy of Windows XP telling his slaves in what maner to give him his money"


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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 5th Dec 2004 05:07 Edited at: 5th Dec 2004 05:09
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Quote: "now thats an original excuse for being a moron"


The one who called the person a moron is actually the moron
name himself, and even worse than that. I never listen to bad opinions and bad names!

Ali @ Nukesoft



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bitJericho
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that made no sense.. thus you must be the moron..

And stop being a hypocritical bastard.. until you switch from windows to some other OS, then you have no room to talk about your OS's authors You're the moronic one who bought it in the first place.

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@Nukesoft

press ctr-alt-del

press file->new task

type in EXPLORER, see if that works

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Never mind!

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