system failure

[gilsur]

I am running ME but aside from starting up and shutting
down I am able to do very little. I cannot run my anti
virus as I suspected that may be the problem. I cannot
access the internet. I am getting no error messages.
HOwever I do get a program is not responding when I
reboot the system. I was able to defrag the unit after
about 8 attempts and it took about three hrs. I also
tried to find system restore but was unable to as I am
used to xp. also, I started the system several times in
safe mode but was still unable to run norton anti virus.
I have a second computer to work with if anyone can offer
any assistance but it runs xp. Out of ideas please help!

[Noel Paton]

Details on your error messages would help!

FWIW - here's my standard post on malware.....
You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"gilsur" > wrote in message
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>I am running ME but aside from starting up and shutting
> down I am able to do very little. I cannot run my anti
> virus as I suspected that may be the problem. I cannot
> access the internet. I am getting no error messages.
> HOwever I do get a program is not responding when I
> reboot the system. I was able to defrag the unit after
> about 8 attempts and it took about three hrs. I also
> tried to find system restore but was unable to as I am
> used to xp. also, I started the system several times in
> safe mode but was still unable to run norton anti virus.
> I have a second computer to work with if anyone can offer
> any assistance but it runs xp. Out of ideas please help!