Diamonds Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 So, I have some fake Virus protection program that is fucking up my computer and I jsut want to wipe every single thing off the computer and restart from ground zero. I have the original disk that the computer came with. I assume you can use this disk to reinstall everything. How do i do it? do i have to delete basically my entire operating system and then put the disk in and re upload everything? Or do i just put the disk in and it will be straight forward from there? Can someone tell me step by step? Basically, I have viruses, and i want to start over from scratch, i don't care about backing up files or losing anything. I just want the computer to act like the day I first bought it, and do I have the disk that will allow that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Rex Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm Should work for Vista too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Bob just put in the disk, and it should boot from the disk. If it doesent boot from the disk, there will be in the upper right hand corner of the screen instructions for boot options. one may be press X button to boot from cd. make sure you hit that button as it boots. just follow the onscreen instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Bob just put in the disk, and it should boot from the disk. If it doesent boot from the disk, there will be in the upper right hand corner of the screen instructions for boot options. one may be press X button to boot from cd. make sure you hit that button as it boots. just follow the onscreen instructions. and if i do this it should kill all the old files and OS and employ a brand new set of everything? explicate more on why i have to hit x as it reboots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Click start run then type out CMD and hit enter. Then type deltree *.* and hit enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 by chance is it "windows police pro"? just had this shit on my computer, my dad, who is the computer guru couldnt get it out. somehow after a couple weeks and trying a couple programs, it just went away. it was odd. still buying a new computer soon though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl1647545488 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 AntiVirusXP 2009? I've seen that one quite a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Antivirus XP 2009 and windows police pro are a bitch to remove but they are possible. i had to deal with it a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Malwarebytes can remove Antivirus XP 2009. Usually the malware is designed to detect malwarebytes running and kills the process. If you download it, rename the file before installing it. Then dont instatlly run it after installing, go to where you installed it, find mbam.exe i believe it's called and rename to something like xma4.exe, run it update it. and you should be good to go. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Boot into safe mode, find the program folder, rename it, reboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 So what is the prefered san now? any good free ones to download? Mine is slowing a tad and some stuff I have to double click to go back a screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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