Re: Virus Issue
Originally Posted by
Bakon Jarser
Once you are infected you can never really be sure a virus is gone. You can use a live cd to mount your hard drive and back up your data. Once you have the important stuff backed up I suggest wiping the hard drive. It's the only way to be sure.
I would have to agree. If you don't know the virus and can hardly use the computer, it would be best to use the livecd to backup what you need, reformat and reinstall. If you are completely against that right now, I would boot up using an antivirus CD (most are bootable, yours may not be). You could also remove the drive and plug it into another computer and scan from there.
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