- Aug 1, 2005
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Would you trust a system that you think is thoroughly infected even if you think it might be possible to attempt a recovery? As it stands, I'm not out much if I just reinstall XP.
I went through the tech support line (twice) but they weren't able to fully restore the system.
Eventually I could only boot in safe mode and I'm unable to ping anywhere.
I can run the command line still, but I have other PCs on my network which I'd like to keep safe. That's why I am disconnecting it from our net until it's cleaned up. Hopefully, it didn't spread to our other PCs.
All the attack warnings being spit out by McAfee anti-virus seemed too little too late. Even after the tech support cleaned up corrupted files, it still failed to reinstall and scan w/o error. Then the system just went belly up after 5-6 reboots during the whole process.
Any suggestions? The worst loss for me is a longtime game that will be lost, recent bookmarks, and a few images. (most are backed up)
TIA
I went through the tech support line (twice) but they weren't able to fully restore the system.
Eventually I could only boot in safe mode and I'm unable to ping anywhere.
I can run the command line still, but I have other PCs on my network which I'd like to keep safe. That's why I am disconnecting it from our net until it's cleaned up. Hopefully, it didn't spread to our other PCs.
All the attack warnings being spit out by McAfee anti-virus seemed too little too late. Even after the tech support cleaned up corrupted files, it still failed to reinstall and scan w/o error. Then the system just went belly up after 5-6 reboots during the whole process.
Any suggestions? The worst loss for me is a longtime game that will be lost, recent bookmarks, and a few images. (most are backed up)
TIA