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Yaha Virus
I have had the yaha worm virus. I had no anti virus whilst i received it, yet i recognised I had a virus so i downloaded a free virus scan. This detected the virus as the yaha worm, yet it wouldn't remove it as it was a free, rubbish one. It told me where the virus was located. It was located in the system part of windows. I was in such a desperate state to remove it I deleted this. I am not that experienced with computers or virus' as you can tell! This didnt solve the problem, so I downloaded the stinger from macafee. This detected it and destroyed them all. My computer is now fine, but every time I switch on my computer, it comes up sayin something about the system.ini part or something or other is missing. It suggests reinstalling windows, but if I do this i will lose all of the programs and files won't I? Does anyone have any solutions to this? It works fine once you have 'pressed any key' which it tell you to do at start up. Please help, I need to solve this soon.
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Dave Lyle
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helz_belz
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January 3rd, 2003 15:00
Dave Lyle
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helz_belz
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January 3rd, 2003 15:00
John Redcorn
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January 3rd, 2003 15:00
go ahead and reinstall windows. It will put those system files back in, and it wont touch any files you have added since getting the computer. your mp3s are safe :)
helz_belz
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John Redcorn
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January 3rd, 2003 15:00
OS = Operating System, such as Windows 98 or Windows XP. Or Linux for that matter.
Well you see, Microsoft knows how often people have to reinstall Windows, so they have made it so you (usually) don't lose anything in the process. Windows doesn't really delete anything when you reinstall it. It just lays the files from the Windows CD onto the hardrive, which fills in the missing files. It doesn't care what's in your My Documents or My Mp3z folder.
Before we can tell you how to reinstall it, we need to know which Windows you have.
And it will be around 30 minutes, give or take depending on how new your system is.
Also, start using Panda antivirus online, it's free and it has caught viruses on my computer that Housecall (Trend Micro) couldn't delete.
Message Edited by John Redcorn on 01-03-2003 11:32 AM
helz_belz
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Jake02324
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January 3rd, 2003 22:00
And get an anti virus application running,new one and keep it updated.Especially have on, testing downloads and e-mail. Set the program for on at boot up and on at shut down. Some of the free ones do not give you many options.
OS is the operating system, Windows 98, 98SE, 2000 or XP.
Message Edited by Jake02324 on 01-03-2003 07:46 PM
John Redcorn
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January 3rd, 2003 23:00
Hey Jake, glad to have a guy like you right on top of things
As far as reinstalling 98, it's fairly simple. Boot your computer with your Start Up diskette, when it asks to enable large drive support say yes, when it asks if you want to enable cd-rom devices say yes. When its going, throw in your Windows 98 CD and at the A:> prompt
type: D:
then hit enter
it should now say
D:>
at which point you type in
setup
and press enter.
from that point on follow the directions on the screen. Before you start any of this, make sure you have your Windows 98 cd sleeve, you will need your product ID number!!! If you don't have it you're stuck.