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Originally Posted by Raistlin
Nugg,
I've got bad news I'm afraid.
The industry standard advice after any scale of viral infection is to 'rebuild from known good media'.
I've only ever had one viral problem (caused by my anti-virus failing to detect one virus which then shut it down and invited all its mates to the party). I can't begin to tell you the time I saved just rebuilding the whole machine, compared to what I would have spent trying (and failing) to get rid of the little buggers.
The other problem (of course) is that you can never be sure that you've got them ALL unless you rebuild.
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Originally Posted by Zeph
Sorry it's not very helpful (then nor is Norton normally) but I think one of the freebies such as AVG, AVAST is more likely to shed light on the situation and clear said virii out. But generally with that number, they get rooted in so deep, a reformat is almost inevitable. Don't use Norton!
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Thanks for that guys - I was fairly sure that that would be the answer, but I thought it would be better to ask first
Right, next question - how the hell do I re-format then
Oh, and I hate Norton anywaqy, but BT provide it free with whichever option we're on. Mind you, I'm not going to be using it anymore
