I am using a multi boot system with WINXP and Ubuntu 7.04. My windows is badly infected with viruses and I have tried many anti-virus software. The all fail to remove the virus. the virus is slowly choking my system to death. Its changing the security policy so i cannot open network connections and stuff. and changing the policy back doesnt help either. I can see that my kernal32.dll shell32.dll and some other system files are infected. should i just delete these files and try a repair with WinXP? If i really need a clean install, the GRUB is lost. Is there a way to restore the GRUB then?
Tagged with: anti virus software • grub • kernal32 • multi boot system • network connections • security policy • ubuntu • viruses • winxp
Filed under: Windows Repair Software
if you can get to the desktop in windows, click start, run, and type this in:
SFC /scannow
and insert your XP disk. it’ll take a bit, but it’ll auto-repair it.
if you can’t, insert your disk and go through the steps to install, but press R to repair it instead.
NOTE: this may nullify your dual boot.
use system restore
Your windows is corrupted and the best fix is a reformat and reinstall. You can try to determine which files are bad and try replacing them all day long and chances are you’ll never even be able to figure out which ones are damaged or missing. You may only KNOW of 2 files that are infected but the fact is there are probably many more that you don’t know about.