My pc gets infected with malware and so far the junk keep coming back. My concern right now is to change/update the host file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc), but without success even under safe mode. The access is denied and it complains of being used by another process. (how can that be even under safe-mode?)
Anyone know how please? Help is so appreciated :)
2007-06-02 11:19:24 · 4 answers · asked by lu 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Also, my cd-rom cannot be detected under "my
computer". I suspect it was due to those malware. That's the other problem.
PS. thanks all for giving me answers :)
2007-06-02 12:37:35 · update #1
Some malware may have corrupted or blocked host file access. You'll need to get the nasties out of there before trying to fix the host file.
2007-06-02 11:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by MLM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both the first two are good suggestions, though you can also install the Command Recovery Console to Windows XP, and here is how.
Find your installation media, open a command prompt and navigate to
2007-06-02 11:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by nerdherder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 09:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty bad, you sure the file is not set to hidden etc. ??
If you can, download a copy of Avast Home from www.avast.com, install it, choose to scan when restart and let it do the business of removing the hardcore trojans first.
2007-06-02 11:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋