Newbie Question!

cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Turn it, leave it, start - format it.</div> Anyways. My Windows machine caught a trojan last night that I can't find. AVG can't find it, House Call can't find it, Spybot can't find it, Adaware can't find it, but I know it's there, because it's trying to run all the time (It's the Randex/m00 trojan).

So, my question is, how do I format?

Can someone give me a checklist of what I should have to reinstall (Drivers, Firewall and Antivirus, right?).

Alright, thanks!
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  • BreakthroughBreakthrough Texture Artist (ns_prometheus) Join Date: 2005-03-27 Member: 46620Members, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    Just make a list of what you already had on there... If you can't, just make sure you have:
    -Firewall/AntiVirus
    -AdAware (or another spyware remover)
    -<a href='http://www.getfirefox.com' target='_blank'>FireFox (Install This First!)</a>
    -All Hardware Drivers
    -<a href='http://www.steampowered.com' target='_blank'>Steam</a>
    -<a href='http://www.naturalselection.com' target='_blank'>Natural Selection</a>
    -Microsoft Office or Open Office

    'Tis all I can think of ATM...
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  • AlcapwnAlcapwn &quot;War is the science of destruction&quot; - John Abbot Join Date: 2003-06-21 Member: 17590Members
    I can give you a brief guide on how to get started...

    1)Restart Comp and enter BIOS

    2) Re-arrange start-up list so it says something like:

    CD-Rom
    HDD
    Floppy

    3)Insert Windows CD, save settings and reboot.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.e.html' target='_blank'>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...2.randex.e.html</a>
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-WaterBoy+Jun 20 2005, 02:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (WaterBoy @ Jun 20 2005, 02:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I can give you a brief guide on how to get started...

    1)Restart Comp and enter BIOS

    2) Re-arrange start-up list so it says something like:

    CD-Rom
    HDD
    Floppy

    3)Insert Windows CD, save settings and reboot. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thanks, Waterboy.
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  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    Alright, Computer has been reinstalledz0rz. Zonealarm in, Firefox in, Still setting up AVG (Gah, can't figure out which file to download...). Need to download video drivers, sound drivers, the rest I could crap less about.
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