Ok here's the deal:
About a week ago some software i use started giving me errors when i tried to load it upon. It was giving me the usual "this program has crashed, do you want to send a log to microsoft". Anyway, if i ran the setup again to re-install it just cuts off mid way through the installation, and the only way i can get the software working again is to re-download it all again which is a right pain.
Then my AVG said that i had a few viruses, and i followed the steps and i got a description of the virus. It was some kind of network virus that corrupts files (only .exe files though as far as i am aware because all of my music and vids etc are fine). This made sense because my laptop and desktop had been networked a lot over this past week.
I formatted all two hardrives (one windows, one docs) on the desktop, and so i thought that the virus was definatly gone. However, now i am still having problems such as games giving me errors that i have never seen before. The only stuff i backed up was non-exe files like work and misc bits of info that i needed.
Now i am getting problems like explorer not loading up properly upon startup, and a few other problems that i have never had before, so i am sure that the virus is still there, as i have replaced no hardware, and re-installed hardware and software like i have always done. XP cd is also clean and working fine.
At the moment i am backing up my stuff on DVD-RW's because it looks like ill have to format everything again, unless anyone has any suggestions.
Sorry i cant remember the same of the virus, but if anyone does post the name im sure ill recognise it.
Many thanks. Nathan
About a week ago some software i use started giving me errors when i tried to load it upon. It was giving me the usual "this program has crashed, do you want to send a log to microsoft". Anyway, if i ran the setup again to re-install it just cuts off mid way through the installation, and the only way i can get the software working again is to re-download it all again which is a right pain.
Then my AVG said that i had a few viruses, and i followed the steps and i got a description of the virus. It was some kind of network virus that corrupts files (only .exe files though as far as i am aware because all of my music and vids etc are fine). This made sense because my laptop and desktop had been networked a lot over this past week.
I formatted all two hardrives (one windows, one docs) on the desktop, and so i thought that the virus was definatly gone. However, now i am still having problems such as games giving me errors that i have never seen before. The only stuff i backed up was non-exe files like work and misc bits of info that i needed.
Now i am getting problems like explorer not loading up properly upon startup, and a few other problems that i have never had before, so i am sure that the virus is still there, as i have replaced no hardware, and re-installed hardware and software like i have always done. XP cd is also clean and working fine.
At the moment i am backing up my stuff on DVD-RW's because it looks like ill have to format everything again, unless anyone has any suggestions.
Sorry i cant remember the same of the virus, but if anyone does post the name im sure ill recognise it.
Many thanks. Nathan
