????? Dos Virus scan

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John

Used to be able to do a virus scan from Dos. My daughters computer has gotten
infected from some place. Won't even let her boot in to desktop.

Is there a way or shall I say, a program or emergency disk that can be run from
Dos just for such an instance of this kind.

McAffee used to have an Emergency Dos Boot disk.

Appreciate the help & info.

John
 
Hi John

Have far into the boot process does the PC go - i.e. what do you see on the
last screen? Most AV programs would have an option to create a 'rescue'
disk when installed. Was Mcafee already installed on the PC? If so, your
PC supplier should have provided the rescue disk for you.

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Used to be able to do a virus scan from Dos. My daughters computer has
gotten
| infected from some place. Won't even let her boot in to desktop.
|
| Is there a way or shall I say, a program or emergency disk that can be
run from
| Dos just for such an instance of this kind.
|
| McAffee used to have an Emergency Dos Boot disk.
|
| Appreciate the help & info.
|
| John
 
I'm not sure Mcafee was installed or not. I'll have to check on that. Safe
mode will let her into the Desktop. Not much farther. I'll check out if its
been already installed on the PC.

Thanks for the idea.

Appreciate it John
 
Hi

Have you tried 'Last Known Good Configuration'? Failing that try a System
Restore from Safe Mode. From Safe Mode try uninstalling Mcafee - see if
that helps.

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I'm not sure Mcafee was installed or not. I'll have to check on that.
Safe
| mode will let her into the Desktop. Not much farther. I'll check out if
its
| been already installed on the PC.
|
| Thanks for the idea.
|
| Appreciate it John
|
| On Thu, 13 May 2004 15:22:21 +0100, "Will Denny" <[email protected]>
wrote:
|
| >Hi John
| >
| >Have far into the boot process does the PC go - i.e. what do you see on
the
| >last screen? Most AV programs would have an option to create a 'rescue'
| >disk when installed. Was Mcafee already installed on the PC? If so,
your
| >PC supplier should have provided the rescue disk for you.
|
 
Not yet Will... . My dsaughter lives 60 miles from here and I'll probably see
or hear from her in a bit.

She did say it would not let her go onto the net or even read a CD. I'll
probably hear from her in a bit.

Joh.
 
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