Svhost virus and reboot automatically

[Red Cloud]

I upgraded from Windows 98 Version 1 to Windwos 2000. Since 2 days after
I got my computer upgrade, the computer got the Svhost virus. I guess
it's from internet. Then the system stop. Nothing work. The mouse does not
move. So I reboot it without internet connection. Without internet connection,
the system is automatically reboot itself when I'm not doing anythhing. I left
the computer alone only playing mp3 musics then after about 20 min so the
computer reboot itself. Is this relate to the Svhost virus. This virus affected
has no problem on Windows 98 system. Since I got upgrade to windows 2000,
I got this virus from internet right away. What is the best way to remove
Svhost virus and what's wrong with rebooting itself?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than likely end
up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left behind from
the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.

For any new install it is imperative that you install these before
connecting to any network or you'll be almost immediately infected.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-025.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I upgraded from Windows 98 Version 1 to Windwos 2000. Since 2 days after
| I got my computer upgrade, the computer got the Svhost virus. I guess
| it's from internet. Then the system stop. Nothing work. The mouse does not
| move. So I reboot it without internet connection. Without internet
connection,
| the system is automatically reboot itself when I'm not doing anythhing. I
left
| the computer alone only playing mp3 musics then after about 20 min so the
| computer reboot itself. Is this relate to the Svhost virus. This virus
affected
| has no problem on Windows 98 system. Since I got upgrade to windows 2000,
| I got this virus from internet right away. What is the best way to remove
| Svhost virus and what's wrong with rebooting itself?