Hello, My operating system is Windows XP on a Gateway PC.
I starting recieving pop ups on top of pop ups saying that I was infected with viruses and all these other security issues. I ran Malware Bytes and
was told I was infected with wormwin32.Netsky, and rouge Internet Security 2010 viruses. I had the Malware Bytes program delete this threats and restarted my computer. As it rebooted it went to the windows start up screen and did a saving your settings shutting down loop. I tried to reboot in safe mode and safe mode with command prompt but it kept doing the looping thing even in these settings. I cannot do a start up with the windows cd because the cd drive is not working. I think maybe the registry string for start-up is corrupted from the virus or maybe the Maleware Bytes program. I thought of buying a new cd drive but I would not be able to install the driver with the computer out of commission. I do have a laptop which I'm typing this from...any suggestions on what to next would be greatly appreciated.
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Jump to PostHi and welcome to the Daniweb forums :).
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Have you tried going to the start menu options and choosing "Last known Good Configuration?"
If not, do so and let us know if that worked.A new drive will work fine straight after install.
Jump to PostIf you got yourself a new CD/DVD, you will be able to use your Microsoft CD to do a repair of the system.
You will not lose any important data that way, although you will have to install a few updates.
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