pc wont boot up - possible virus

nibs

aliEnRIK wrote: »

crikey

Can you run through what youve done at all so I have an idea?

have no idea rik, was just running a hijack earlier then it stopped working and then everything went down. i then did a system restore and avg reappeared so i thought everything would work as before but no.

have searched around lappy for any clues as im starting to feel a real pest on here but as im not too hot on these things ive run out of ideas.

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thomas01155 wrote: »

Try this http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

cant download anything as internet not working

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aliEnRIK wrote: »

Did it die as soon as you fixed those odd 'bittorrent' files?

Certainly worth trying toms idea whatever the reason

yes thats what i was doing at the time it went down

thomas01155

Download it on a memory stick or something like that.

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thomas01155 wrote: »

Download it on a memory stick or something like that.

Oh ok ( see i told you i was no good!)

nibs

have just noticed that in control panel/network and internet/ network and sharing center it is having a problem connecting laptop to main pc to internet. it is saying :
access : local only
connection : unidentified network

i think this is where the problem is, any ideas thanks

aliEnRIK

Looks like those odd files were the cause of the problem from the start. As they embedded themselves into windows you now need to REPAIR it.

Download toms file onto another computer and save to a USB stick or cd or whatever then run it on your computer

nibs

just phoned the virgin/ntl helpline and after a few checks ive been told that its probably my wireless card in lappy thats the problem - is there any way i can check the settings for this?

aliEnRIK

nibs ~
No disrespect but virgin 'techies' tend to not have a clue what theyre on about.
You need to repair windows ~ nothing else is going to fix this


files were deleted and THATS when the main problem occured. So whatever they effected needs repairing

Browntoa

no I expect its the winsock thats corrupted ,download this on a USB stick or CD and run on the faulty Laptop

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]LSP-Fix is a free Windows utility to repair a loss of Internet access associated with certain types of software. This type of software, known as a Layered Service Provider or LSP, typically handles low-level Internet-related tasks, and data is passed through a chain of these programs on its way to and from the Internet. However, due to bugs in the LSP software or deletion of the software, this chain can get broken, causing the Internet connection to become inaccessible.[/SIZE][/FONT]