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The virus (I'm now convinced it is there) will not let me uninstall or reinstall Symantec's anti-virus software. If I highlight it in "Add or Remove Software", the computer reboots.
If put the Symantec CD in the machine, it closes the "install window" a couple of seconds after it opens.
I'm not a Windows person. I am pretty much stuck at this point. It feels a lot like "time to wipe the hard disk, reinstall windows, reload all the needed applications, and curse Bill Gates.
If we can find out what virus it is, we probably can salvage the other 30 computers without having to do the same thing to each of them.
If put the Symantec CD in the machine, it closes the "install window" a couple of seconds after it opens.
I'm not a Windows person. I am pretty much stuck at this point. It feels a lot like "time to wipe the hard disk, reinstall windows, reload all the needed applications, and curse Bill Gates.
If we can find out what virus it is, we probably can salvage the other 30 computers without having to do the same thing to each of them.
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http://antivirus.about.com/od/downloadsdos/
has some dos antivirus which don't require installs so will prevent that and some are kept up to date.
I know I use F-Prot as a fall back if i think there is a virus since you could get it to fit on a floppy disk.
There is a F-Prot for windows that you can try too. but havent' used that.
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