Help, I've had worms!
#1
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Help, I've had worms!
Hi folks,
A Week ago I realised my HD was constantly reading/writing, so I did a A.V. scan (Norton) AND a spy-ware scan (spybot S&D). Nothing. So I looked at my start-up list and found I had a blank entry, spybot said it was a zafi worm, I deleted it, and did another pair of scans. all clear. BUT my hard-drive now says it's it's nearly full. 1.9-1.2 Gig left of 20 Gig. and the damn things now so slow It's doing my head in.
Is the only cure a wipe/restart or is there another?
plus if i wipe is there anywhere i can get instructions on how to do it? I'd prefer to format the whole drive and start over, I've used system restore before and it didn't work.
Please, Anyone
Thanks.
A Week ago I realised my HD was constantly reading/writing, so I did a A.V. scan (Norton) AND a spy-ware scan (spybot S&D). Nothing. So I looked at my start-up list and found I had a blank entry, spybot said it was a zafi worm, I deleted it, and did another pair of scans. all clear. BUT my hard-drive now says it's it's nearly full. 1.9-1.2 Gig left of 20 Gig. and the damn things now so slow It's doing my head in.
Is the only cure a wipe/restart or is there another?
plus if i wipe is there anywhere i can get instructions on how to do it? I'd prefer to format the whole drive and start over, I've used system restore before and it didn't work.
Please, Anyone
Thanks.
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Give that go.. see if you find anything..
I would probably go with deleting the partition and starting completely a fresh !
Its simple enough.. the only possible issue would be drivers for your devices.. I.E sound card.. graphics card, printers etc..
What version of windows are you planning to install?
Give that go.. see if you find anything..
I would probably go with deleting the partition and starting completely a fresh !
Its simple enough.. the only possible issue would be drivers for your devices.. I.E sound card.. graphics card, printers etc..
What version of windows are you planning to install?
#4
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Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus and Spyware Scan - Trend Micro USA
Give that go.. see if you find anything..
I would probably go with deleting the partition and starting completely a fresh !
Its simple enough.. the only possible issue would be drivers for your devices.. I.E sound card.. graphics card, printers etc..
What version of windows are you planning to install?
Give that go.. see if you find anything..
I would probably go with deleting the partition and starting completely a fresh !
Its simple enough.. the only possible issue would be drivers for your devices.. I.E sound card.. graphics card, printers etc..
What version of windows are you planning to install?
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25 January 2003 09:53 PM