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Solve : Faces all over the screen on starup win xp?

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Hi!

Well i had a good laugh at reading the problems of the others, but SOMEONE has a greater laugh on me.

I came accros a PROBLEM some time ago, but i dont want to do annything before i'm sure whats wrong.

When start up my computer (i have a linux and win xp installed), the linux asks me whether to boot up linux or winXP. The problem occour when i select WIN XP. It starts drawing DOS smiley faces all over the screen, and win doesn't startup! (this worked just fine for a year now)

So i tried NEXT things:

1. Tried to REINSTALL win xp. But the setup didn't started (although the computer booted from CD).

2. boot computer with win98 CD, and tried some DOS antivirus programs. One was saying that master boot record is corrupted and it cannot be checked (something like this), and the other one (fprot) did nothing.

3. I put HD into another computer and scanned it for viruses vith Notron antivir (it found some AdWare, and consys99.exe infected with TrojanHorse, and proxya.exe ). Made some backup on another disk (all data are still there) , and tried to restart again. The smileys were still there. But it worked when i tried to start win XP setup.

I wanted to try with FIXBOOT c:, or reinstalling WIN immediatelly, but i think i'd like to hear  if annyone has some suggestions. I don't really wanna change annything on my computer, i just want ot make it work.

Thanks
just a guess do u think it may be a bug??Can you not simply format the partition you wish to install Windows XP on and scan all the remaining partitions/Hard Disk Drives for viruses? Quote

Can you not simply format the partition you wish to install Windows XP on and scan all the remaining partitions/Hard Disk Drives for viruses?



I don't want ot format the partition!!

And i think it's a virus.

So... i did repair win, and that fixed the problem (I dont'know why i couldn't start winXP setup before) - windows started up. Then i  installed AVG and scanned again for viruses. It found one virus  (tufik.a) and 9 trojans. Before as i sad Norton found only 1 trojan and 2 adwares, and 1 infeced file (can't rememeber with what).

Is this the one http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_1131.htm ? (McAfee) Quote
I don't want ot format the partition!!


There's no bloody point in overwriting Windows XP either... Quote
Is this the one http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_1131.htm ? (McAfee)


I'm not sure. After i GOT win running, and scanned for viruses with AVG, AVG found Win32/Tufik.A virus and 9 Trojans.

I'm still not sure what (or which virus) really happened, so i'll have to be more carefull.
Thanks for replying.

I get so paranoid about virii that I scan every time I get an update.

Time to make another drive image. Quote
... After i got win running, and scanned for viruses with AVG, AVG found Win32/Tufik.A virus and 9 Trojans. ...


Air:

Please check the spelling of the worm (what you called a virus), as i was unable to find any credible references to in with a google.  Also, do you have the names of any of the Trojan Horses?

Let us know so we may point you to the proper virus removal tools or instructions on the Web.

Regards,
Doc


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