clockwork PC help needed

[scotia]

Hi, I have a Packard Bell PC running window 98se (right – no laughing you ba*@*rd (ba*@*rd) - it’s not funny!!) The heap of cow dung crashed a couple of months ago and was “restored” to factory settings after formatting the hard drive etc. Since then the system is way slower than usual, it won’t close down properly and I am having problems with re-installing some of my hardware. I’m also experiencing problems with I-net explorer – lots of “illegal operations” messages and screen freezing going on here and it’s doing my head in!

If you need more details let me know. Cheers. :eek:

[degsy]

Welcome :)

Was this a Full System Restore CD including all the relevant PB drivers for the motherboard etc?

[scotia]

Yes mate, the whole shooting match. Any ideas? :fyi:

[degsy]

After the restore did you install an AntiVirus Scan & Firewall before going on the net?
Have you performed full AV Scan and Spyware scans?

[scotia]

Hi Degs, I uses the bog standard boot discs for the restore then down loaded all windows updates from Microsoft. Not too sure what all the down loads where but what the hell-they were free!! I then down loaded SPY-BOT and Ad-aware6.0 and run them both. That’s the lot. Please don’t respond if your answer to my problem includes throwing my beloved bit of cow dung in the skip!! Amazing how you can get attached to a bit of s#*t! Cheers mate.:rotflmao:

[degsy]

Nowt rong with a Win98 pc aslong as it works as you want it to.

Did you run an AV scan?
If you don't have an AV program then there are a few free ones about on the net or on magazine coverdisks.

AVG and AVAST are a couple of freebies.

[scotia]

Downloaded AVG and ran the program. When booting the system the AV scan is showing a virus : C:\XEXE TrojanHorse downloader.small.BG

No idea what this is or what to do but hoping you can shed some light.Cheers. :upset:

[degsy]

I don't use AVG. Doesn't it give any advice on how to remove it?

[scotia]

Hi degsy, no advice given. Just tells me the god damn virus is there! As you can tell, I’m no expert so any advice is appreciated. Cheers mate.

[degsy]

I would guess at deleting the infected file and then run the scan again to see if it is still present.