virus !!!!!

[reaper]

hi

i dont know for sure if i even have this virus ,,,,,

the new one that turns off your pc every now and then

earlier i vaio pcv-rs224 just turned off/ restarted by its self it had no reason for doing so,,, i havent installed anything previously ect

my anti virus (norton 2004) fully updated....... says that there is nothing on my pc,,,, but this programe does,nt actually seem to be working properly anyway,,,

the norton anti spam doesnt seem to work and every time i connect to the internet.....

at first it wont let me then i open my norton fire wall go to configure,,,, press nothing at all......... and for some reason that seems to allow me to connect after that...........

what i need to know is if i restore my vaio... will this delete the virus........??????????????

regards ben

[kee-lo_]

:smileythinking:

[tellingd]

If your hardware is knackered then no amount of recovering will make any difference. If it's a virus then recovery should sort you out - make sure you have AV software installed and updated before you go on-line afterwards though.

If you've changed your graphics card from the one that came with the machine then you are a bit buggered, to use a technical term, as far as recovery is concerned 'cos the drivers on your recovery disk won't be of much use to the graphics card.

Perhaps someone competent could help a bit more - or maybe chuck this one in the bin and start again :smileysmug:

[reaper]

i dont think it has anything to do with my matrox parhelia more with the rt x 100 xtreme

the parhelia caused a problem when it was first installed but that was sorted out by a update for the driver.............


the matrox rt x 100 xtreme pro needs certain motherboards, graphics cards ect,,,

Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro requires the following minimum system configuration:
¿ Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 1 or later.
¿ Pentium 4 at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon XP 1500+.
¿ 512 MB physical memory (RAM).
¿ Free PCI slot.
¿ Display card (Matrox Millennium G550, P650, P750, or Parhelia recommended).
¿ 16-bit sound card (DirectSound-compatible).
¿ CD-ROM drive (DVD-ROM drive for Adobe Encore DVD installation).
¿ At least 2.5 GB of free space to install all included software.
¿ Separate hard drive for A/V content.
¿ Video camera or VCR.


Recommended system configuration:
¿ Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2100+, or faster. *
¿ 512 MB DDR RAM or RDRAM.
¿ DV-1394 camcorder or VTR.
¿ NTSC or PAL video monitor.
¿ Additional A/V drive for realtime export to disk.

the parhelia

AGP 3.0 compliant system (this is what i dont know)
128 MB RAM
600 MHz CPU
Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or Windows NT 4.0 operating system
(check regularly for updates on support for other operating systems)
300W system power supply
CD-ROM


my system

sony vaio pcv-rs224
windows xp home (pack 1)
intel p4 2.6 GHZ (hyper threading) 800mhz fsb
chipset intel 865pe
hard drive 120gb (7200rpm) drive c 27.9gb/ free space 19.8gb
drive d 83.8gb free space 81.4gb
extra hard drive lacie 7200rpm (firewire800/400) (external)
160gb free space 115gb
standard ram 512mb pc2700 (ddr333) ddr sdram
max ram 2gb
graphics card parhelia 128mb
power supply 300w 220-240v


i also remember now i unistalled my modem that came with my vaio but i was'nt thinking ........... i was just meant to disable it

because i didnt take it out it tried to reinstall it found new hard ware ect .........

but i stopped it half way through
do you think that could have caused this

[fqlynx]

Hey! The Sasser Worm Infection exploits the System Restore Feature on your PC, so the answer to question... NO System restore may not work.

Try this;

Enable Windows XP Firewall - Right click my computer, properties, advanced, under startup & recovery click settings & then UNCHECK the Automatic restart option.

Top Tip: Auto restart is a usuful feature that restarts your PC if a major, or serious error occurs on Windows (could well be the Sasser Worm).

Good Luck Anyhow.

[reaper]

hi

whats this sasser worm you are tlking about isnt that just the same thing as the blaster worm that kee-lo spoke about if so i have no worm as the norton tool said there was no sighn of it

if it isnt the same worm then can someone tell me how to remove the little gimp virus

[reaper]

just to inform you people :smileygrin:

i fully had a good old read about that sasser worm done all the steps ect and i was'nt infected in the first place

which is good to know i also found out why i was experencing strange connecting styles it was due to the update for the sasser worm ....... that has now been sorted with another update..........

still unable to figure out why my computer restarted ......

no worm trace ect :smileythinking:

it has'nt happened again yet and now my computer has been restored and is working fine ...............

so really i only have my damm video card to blame

[tellingd]

At least you've managed to rule out quite a few things that it wasn't - it can be infuriating to have a problem and not know the cause

[reaper]

yeah it can indeed

i also think that i restart was caused by my hardware/ lacie harddrive ...... as earlier my computer just switch all knowledge of the harddrive off for no reason then it poped back on showing a little ! in the disk managment

i then restarted my computer and got a msg appear which i have never seen before saying sorry windows wasnt able to start this may have been caused by new hardware or removal of hard ware

then went on to explain that my system could have restarted so and so eventually asking me to click pevious settings....

which i did and am now sending my lacie back
but i looked inside my vaio and since i have never put in a new hard drive am a bit confused

can i do it

the only sort of slots i can see are these large long thing ones a little like card slots but bigger .....????????