topic Re: virus !!!!! in PCs & Accessories

virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:26:01 GMT

hi

i dont know for sure if i even have this virus ,,,,,

the new one that turns off your pc every now and then

earlier i vaio pcv-rs224 just turned off/ restarted by its self it had no reason for doing so,,, i havent installed anything previously ect

my anti virus (norton 2004) fully updated....... says that there is nothing on my pc,,,, but this programe does,nt actually seem to be working properly anyway,,,

the norton anti spam doesnt seem to work and every time i connect to the internet.....

at first it wont let me then i open my norton fire wall go to configure,,,, press nothing at all......... and for some reason that seems to allow me to connect after that...........

what i need to know is if i restore my vaio... will this delete the virus........??????????????

regards ben

Re: virus !!!!!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:28:41 GMT

Ben,

Sounds like Blaster to me damn thing just won't go away will it.

Check this search out : W32.Blaster

Re: virus !!!!!

jamesdente — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:32:39 GMT

When I first bought my PCV-RZ504 back in March I had problems sounding similar to yours. I returned it and was told there was nothing wrong with it and that I should reinstall Windows. The same problems kept on so I returned it again, whereupon the repair team found that the P4 chip was broken in some way. It took them around five weeks to find a replacement, but I've been very happy with it since [so far, fingers crossed]...

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:48:18 GMT

i have had my vaio now for around say 7 mounths and before everything was fine i have never had it restart it self apart from once and that was due to a modem.........

i have also recently installed new hardware that being the matrox parhelia 128mb and the matrox rt x 100 xtreme

they also have been install for around two weeks with out anyproblems

i also have experienced a little probelm before this one which happened yesturday i install the lib and ulti from the vaio disk
and then when it started to install my computer restarted and then when i re-entered windows this installation was happening ,,,,,,

i had removed the disk so its like what the f......... was that all about ,,,,,,

and no one actaully replied to my question if i restore the vaio to its factory default settings will this delete the virus in the process

thanks ben

Re: virus !!!!!

tellingd — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:52:56 GMT

A complete install should get rid of everything - so make sure you back up important data. Also, turn off restore points.

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:12:50 GMT

yo dudes thanks for all your help

it seems i havent got the blaster .........searched with the norton blaster tool and nothing........ some people would proberly be happy with that

but i would have rather it been the blaster than anything with the vaio

and can you tell me why exactly i have to turn off my system restore points before restoring my vaio ??????????????
does'nt the restore do that ???????????

and just to make sure .........

im not tlking about a little restore done with a restore point or from within windows

im tlking about the full restore with the cd
rebooting and then pressing any key

and so on and so forth

thanks again ben

Re: virus !!!!!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:17:22 GMT

it seems i havent got the blaster .........searched with the norton blaster tool and nothing........ some people would proberly be happy with that

Thats good Ben, but there's still the problem.
It's hard to say what's at fault too.
I would reformat.

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:31:30 GMT

i know its a bit annoying to say the least and by reformating

you mean restoring ??????????

it could also be a problem with my hardware thou ?????????

due to the fact that the matrox rt x 100 xtreme ......is'nt compatible with hibernation or any sort of power management

also i am advised to keep the first driver that came with the matrox parhelia ..... if using any matrox video hardware ....

i was unable to do that because of a system 32 clash ........

and then was advised to upgrade the driver by the matrox techy's

and what power does pal plug sockets send out ???????? 300w

there could be a number of things causeing my problem .....but where to start ......

i mean i cant get a good enough anwser from the sony surport about my motherboard ........... i hate that

Re: virus !!!!!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:37:47 GMT

Complicated.

I would do a full format as you probably have a conflict with the old graphics card.

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:53:56 GMT

ummm how exactly would it be my old graphics card ....... uninstalled it age's ago

there is no reference to it any where on my pc

also all hardware is installed and working properly

i have a strange feeling that it is my stinking motherboard

i say stinking i dont even know what it is all i get from support is the vaio motherboards are oem versions of certain maufactures

which doesnt really help at all

what to do :smileythinking:

is there anything that would have done this normally say if it had a serge of power or losing connection from the net in an unauthordox way ect ect................

i am stumped and dont know really what else to do apart from restore my vaio to its factory default settings.....................or just think nothing of it and carry on my day to day usage ..............hoping it doesnt happen again ( not a good idea though)

which i dont really want to do for obvious reason's

who knows ( maybe the guys from above
:smileyliar: )

Re: virus !!!!!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:29:42 GMT

:smileythinking:

Re: virus !!!!!

tellingd — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 16:36:41 GMT

If your hardware is knackered then no amount of recovering will make any difference. If it's a virus then recovery should sort you out - make sure you have AV software installed and updated before you go on-line afterwards though.

If you've changed your graphics card from the one that came with the machine then you are a bit buggered, to use a technical term, as far as recovery is concerned 'cos the drivers on your recovery disk won't be of much use to the graphics card.

Perhaps someone competent could help a bit more - or maybe chuck this one in the bin and start again :smileysmug:

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 17:38:03 GMT

i dont think it has anything to do with my matrox parhelia more with the rt x 100 xtreme

the parhelia caused a problem when it was first installed but that was sorted out by a update for the driver.............

the matrox rt x 100 xtreme pro needs certain motherboards, graphics cards ect,,,

Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro requires the following minimum system configuration:
¿ Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 1 or later.
¿ Pentium 4 at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon XP 1500+.
¿ 512 MB physical memory (RAM).
¿ Free PCI slot.
¿ Display card (Matrox Millennium G550, P650, P750, or Parhelia recommended).
¿ 16-bit sound card (DirectSound-compatible).
¿ CD-ROM drive (DVD-ROM drive for Adobe Encore DVD installation).
¿ At least 2.5 GB of free space to install all included software.
¿ Separate hard drive for A/V content.
¿ Video camera or VCR.

Recommended system configuration:
¿ Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2100+, or faster. *
¿ 512 MB DDR RAM or RDRAM.
¿ DV-1394 camcorder or VTR.
¿ NTSC or PAL video monitor.
¿ Additional A/V drive for realtime export to disk.

the parhelia

AGP 3.0 compliant system (this is what i dont know)
128 MB RAM
600 MHz CPU
Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or Windows NT 4.0 operating system
(check regularly for updates on support for other operating systems)
300W system power supply
CD-ROM

my system

sony vaio pcv-rs224
windows xp home (pack 1)
intel p4 2.6 GHZ (hyper threading) 800mhz fsb
chipset intel 865pe
hard drive 120gb (7200rpm) drive c 27.9gb/ free space 19.8gb
drive d 83.8gb free space 81.4gb
extra hard drive lacie 7200rpm (firewire800/400) (external)
160gb free space 115gb
standard ram 512mb pc2700 (ddr333) ddr sdram
max ram 2gb
graphics card parhelia 128mb
power supply 300w 220-240v

i also remember now i unistalled my modem that came with my vaio but i was'nt thinking ........... i was just meant to disable it

because i didnt take it out it tried to reinstall it found new hard ware ect .........

but i stopped it half way through
do you think that could have caused this

Re: virus !!!!!

fqlynx — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:39:08 GMT

Hey! The Sasser Worm Infection exploits the System Restore Feature on your PC, so the answer to question... NO System restore may not work.

Try this;

Enable Windows XP Firewall - Right click my computer, properties, advanced, under startup & recovery click settings & then UNCHECK the Automatic restart option.

Top Tip: Auto restart is a usuful feature that restarts your PC if a major, or serious error occurs on Windows (could well be the Sasser Worm).

Good Luck Anyhow.

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 09:32:16 GMT

hi

whats this sasser worm you are tlking about isnt that just the same thing as the blaster worm that kee-lo spoke about if so i have no worm as the norton tool said there was no sighn of it

if it isnt the same worm then can someone tell me how to remove the little gimp virus

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:28:07 GMT

just to inform you people :smileygrin:

i fully had a good old read about that sasser worm done all the steps ect and i was'nt infected in the first place

which is good to know i also found out why i was experencing strange connecting styles it was due to the update for the sasser worm ....... that has now been sorted with another update..........

still unable to figure out why my computer restarted ......

no worm trace ect :smileythinking:

it has'nt happened again yet and now my computer has been restored and is working fine ...............

so really i only have my damm video card to blame

Re: virus !!!!!

tellingd — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 14:07:30 GMT

At least you've managed to rule out quite a few things that it wasn't - it can be infuriating to have a problem and not know the cause

Re: virus !!!!!

reaper — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:09:19 GMT

yeah it can indeed

i also think that i restart was caused by my hardware/ lacie harddrive ...... as earlier my computer just switch all knowledge of the harddrive off for no reason then it poped back on showing a little ! in the disk managment

i then restarted my computer and got a msg appear which i have never seen before saying sorry windows wasnt able to start this may have been caused by new hardware or removal of hard ware

then went on to explain that my system could have restarted so and so eventually asking me to click pevious settings....

which i did and am now sending my lacie back
but i looked inside my vaio and since i have never put in a new hard drive am a bit confused

can i do it

the only sort of slots i can see are these large long thing ones a little like card slots but bigger .....????????