Almost dead

[rob p]

XP Home has some kind of virus. I can boot up in normal mode and the mouse
never leaves hourglass when over the taskbar. If I boot with most startup
items disabled I can get up but clicking icons to open windows/programs does
not work. Kind of like a anti-popup program (Which I don't have.) I believe
system came with some kind of antivirus but I can't see it any where right
now. (this is my sister's machine.)

I don't see anything strange in win.ini or in the startup items. I have had
problems with Win98 and instit.bat - natal - basil worms that I can take
care of but not here with XP.

System restore shows no previous good points. I can do a recovery off CD but
don't want to lose all data. That would be a last resort. Does this behavior
seem like any particular type of virus so I can download a removal tool for
it?

thanks very much.

 

[no_one]

If you can do a repair install off the CD you will not lose your data.

 

[DL]

Then you might want to go to eg Symantec.com and do an online scan
Also download Adaware and or SpyBot, update their deffinitions prior to
running
David