Familiar problem like many others but with a twist.
1. My brother phones and tells me he had to reinstall windows after a virus was healed ... because it kept restarting ... couldn't even get it to boot into safe mode.
2. At my parents house, I boot my dad's computer (win2000) and get a warning from AVG about a virus ... being the happy clicker that I am i clicked "heal" ... and immediately had an oh oh moment. I had to go out, so i left the computer on so I could deal with it later in the night, but when I got back, the computer was in a perpetual state of restarting itself.
3. Checked the AVG forum and tried to boot to safe mode - NO GO.
4. Used Win2000 disk to try repair console to fix "winlogon.exe" file . restored file - NO FIX
5. Tried to register to access AVG forum ... AVG website registration broken ... email them to tell them... no response.
6. Planning my anti-AVG web site now.
7. Luckily my Dad's computer has triple boot ...
Q: anyone have advice for win2000 repair
2006-12-10 08:54:14 · 4 answers · asked by Jason 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Reformat your hardive and reinstall the OS. Don't use AVG, use this free scanner instead: http://www.free-av.com/ It work much better.
2006-12-10 08:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Ted B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-24 22:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a good way to repair it but it will cause you to loose all data.
Reformat your computer, not the regular windows reformat, but use a tool called Darik's Boot and Nuke. It is a free program.
Reformatting just erases files, but if you have a really bad virus, it could stay in your computer even after reformat, but with Darik's Boot and Nuke, the program completely erases every single bit/byte on your hard drive.
2006-12-10 08:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by MX 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.suggestafix.com/index.php?showtopic=24151
2006-12-12 13:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by Josh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋