[clue-talk] Windows uggh!

[Mike Bean]

I didn't think there was any such thing as Windows skills.   Can you get it
into safe mode?  Least you can get around without it hangning??   What about
those linux based recovery CD's I keep hearing so much about.  Boot to a
live CD and AV scan?

Bean

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest how I might fix this problem?
>
> My wife's XP computer has become infected with some sort of a virus
> that manifests itself as a name System Security. When the system
> boots, after the desktop appears it opens a box inviting registration
> of a product, starts a scan, purports to find a vrus, and hangs the
> computer.
>
> My windows virus killing skills are less than minimal.
>
> --
> Collins Richey
>      If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
>      of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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