Now what...

[SteamWake]

My wife was playing some game when some warning message came up and evidently it shut itself down. I wasent here so I dont know wtf happened.

All I know is that the toolbar was all foobar and most apps will not launch.

No problem I'll run a system restore.

"System restore is unable to protect your computer"

Sonofa...

Okay Ill start in safe mode !

Get to safe mode prompt.... system reboots gets to safe mode prompt... system reboots... you get the idea.

Ive done some searching on the system restore issue and found advice on how to 'correct' the issue including checking registry keys and everything looks in order. Yes I had it turned on.

This has got to be some flippin virus that slipped by mcaffee ... of course now I cant start any system accessories, let alone mcaffee.

Running a chkdsk from the command prompt now.

I'm stumped... oh yea nfi where the winders disk is.

[Castout]

Could this be it?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...taxonomyId=125

[CaptainHaplo]

Ya beat me to it Castout

Definitely looks like something similiar - and the timing is highly suspect.

Using McCrappy av?

[SteamWake]

Hrm probably is but symptoms are a little different.Thanks Ill look into this.effin Mcaffee

[Castout]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Hrm probably is but symptoms are a little different.Thanks Ill look into this.effin Mcaffee

http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm


Workaround 2

If the false detection has deleted or quarantined svchost.exe on your system:

IMPORTANT: Ensure that you have applied the EXTRA.DAT to suppress the false positive detection before restoring svchost.exe.

Copy the svchost.exe from a working system

1. On a computer that is not affected by the issue, navigate to the location below:
   
   C:\WINDOWS\system32
2. Copy svchost.exe to a network location or removable media device.
3. On the affected system, copy svchost.exe to the location below:
   
   C:\WINDOWS\system32
4. Restart the affected computer.

All you need to try is to get an svchost.exe from another XP machine and copy it into the affected PC and if that worked then it was it. Of course after applying the extra.dat file first to prevent the AV from mistaking the svchost as a malware again(see the above link)

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Ya beat me to it Castout
. . .

[CaptainHaplo]

Biggest problem is he cant get to safe mode.

My suggestion would be command prompt only - do everything needed at the command line and that SHOULD get you going.

Since its XP - you also have the option of using an old boot floppy (if you stayed with FAT) or a cd.