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    Default Re: Removing Persistant Viruses

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    IIRC, you probably won't be able to run from a flash drive in Safe Mode, but you can try it. If you can get your anti-malware installed, definitely run your scans in safe mode. In this age of rootkits and considering the likely state of the machine, you are probably going to have to boot off a CD and scan the drive from there.
    There may be some anti-virus software still on (just not running on startup). I had forgotten about safemode.

    Do you have a link to more explanation about booting from a CD?

    I'll try renaming the exe too.

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    Default Re: Removing Persistant Viruses

    If it's as infected as you say, it may be a lost cause. First question is, can it boot from a USB key? There are some linux distributions you can slot onto those and boot from them, leaving your cd/dvd burner free to use as a back up mechanism. This would allow you to mount the HDD and save whatever you wanted to off of it, like bookmarks, documents, etc. Once you've done that and burned them to optical media, you can proceed to blow away the HDD and start from scratch.

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    Default Re: Removing Persistant Viruses

    Safe mode doesn't work. Renaming the Spybot exe didn't work. Looks like drastic measures may be necessary.

    I'm not sure if it can boot from a USB.

    EDIT: Still not sure about the USB thing, but it does have two CD/DVD drives, so I figure that should allow for copying of files.

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