Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Someone!! Help me!! Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Toxic Hauteur Posted at 3:23 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Okay, so I know I could e-mail HP support, or wade through the tons of partially helpful computer forums, but I thought I'd give a crack at livewire first, considering I know there have got to be some people in the know here. Okay, so somehow (don't ask me how, I NEVER get viruses) I suddenly got this virus (don't know what it's called, I can't keep my computer on long enough to find out) after not using my laptop for two months. I can turn my computer on, but when it gets to the desktop it shuts itself down after about 20-30 sec. I can only get stuff off of it (docs etc) when in safemode. I tried to use my restore CDs, but those wont work (my computer is not recognizing my CD drive, apparently) and I can't do it the old-fashioned way (it's decided to ignore my C: drive as well .. but it recognizes the floppy) Someone .. HELP ME!! All I really want to know is if anyone has experienced this or knows what may be wrong .. Its driving me NUTS..     (Edited by Toxic Hauteur at 3:23 pm on Aug. 10, 2004)

Replies Toxic Hauteur Posted at 6:00 pm on Aug. 14, 2004 Nope - I have to go (I guess) and find a removal thing for each individual virus or something, but I haven't had the time to sit down and do that :( <<Edit: Thank you, squirrel, I'll take a read through that when I have some time>> (Edited by Toxic Hauteur at 6:01 pm on Aug. 14, 2004) evil saltine Posted at 10:15 pm on Aug. 12, 2004 Quote: from Toxic Hauteur at 11:11 am on Aug. 12, 2004 Hmm .. the topic that I created in the computer section has NO replies .. I think I'll stick with this one. Viruses: revop.a small.go small.iq revop.f stilen.a agent.ae scthought.l alchemic.a psyme.b Hellllp.. Are they all deleted/repaired? squirellplayingtag Posted at 1:35 pm on Aug. 12, 2004 Hmmm. If it is sasser, read though this first, before reformatting. EDIT: If you already have your docs, it might just be easier to reformat. If your feeling brave, try linux. (Edited by squirellplayingtag at 4:38 pm on Aug. 12, 2004) acidtone Posted at 1:23 pm on Aug. 12, 2004 that, sir, is the sasser virus.  I caught it too and had to reformat my hard drive because you can't make a boot disk in the NTFS format  :( Toxic Hauteur Posted at 11:11 am on Aug. 12, 2004 Hmm .. the topic that I created in the computer section has NO replies .. I think I'll stick with this one. Viruses: revop.a small.go small.iq revop.f stilen.a agent.ae scthought.l alchemic.a psyme.b Hellllp.. Toxic Hauteur Posted at 5:22 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 I ended up running the free houscall scan over the internet. For some reason my desktop is now loading now .. It found TWENTY ONE infected files .. all in a C:/restoresomething-or-other.. Soo .. yeah ..       I still cant reformat/restore though. Toxic Hauteur Posted at 3:45 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Anyway. http://www.gotechforums.com/forums/cat.cgi?action=technical Hehe thanks   I looked for a tech board on the teen forum, but couldn't find it .. heheh Can a mod move it to its appropriate place?? :) Toxic Hauteur Posted at 3:44 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 The problem is that I CAN'T restore it because my computer wont recognize my cd drive (so the cd wont start up) and I cant reformat it by format c:/ blahblah because it can't find C drive (though in safemode I can access the Cdrive fine. OS Windows ME I have booted in safemode to get all the docs and stuff that I need (because it will shut itself down in normal mode). I'm looking at the links now. squirellplayingtag Posted at 3:39 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Have you tried booting to safemode? Anyway. http://www.gotechforums.com/forums/cat.cgi?action=technical smiley Posted at 3:38 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Review: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ sexy dean Posted at 3:35 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Im really surprised that when you restore the computer back to factory settings it still wont work.. What OS are you using.. bradley007 Posted at 3:31 pm on Aug. 10, 2004 Looks like a reformat is in order for you. All 12 previous replies displayed.