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| Thread ID: 123868 | 2012-03-21 19:27:00 | Virus or Corrupt Softwrae ? | Nhashon (16466) | Press F1 |
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| 1266234 | 2012-03-21 19:27:00 | Now alot of people may remember yesterday i say i tried to unistall hp simple pass and the system could not , well people late at night i turned my computer on , loggeded into my account and saw a BIG SUPRISE , some of the computer software like systtem restore were unable to be accesible and avg free edtion was corruptted , i could access it but icons and links were invisible , futher my internet connection got removed somehow and pc started to peform slow. Now im confused what to do ??? I bought this pc about a year ago , shall i take it back to harvey norman and see if they can possible fix it or if any of u could possible help me in this problem . Im writing this thread on another computer . |
Nhashon (16466) | ||
| 1266235 | 2012-03-21 19:42:00 | If all your icons and shortcuts have disappeared it will be malware. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1266236 | 2012-03-21 20:42:00 | Yup malware, the stuff you've described is easier to format your PC to get rid of than it is to try and muck about with it ... Check your C: Drive and you'll see all the files are hidden... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1266237 | 2012-03-21 21:42:00 | shall i take it back to harvey norman and see if they can possible fix it All they would do is get who ever to wipe the drive - more than likely lose all your data, and drop in a factory Image of the OS. Dont mean any disrespect here, but remember a posting back on the 20th from yourself : it helps me become a good computer expect , since im like junior level right now . Fix it yourself as per Chills post - thats the only way to learn sometimes :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1266238 | 2012-03-21 21:58:00 | yes i do think it's malware has done the corruption to my pc ,now i really don't care of loosing those data since i can grabbing my music from the internet again and i dont have much files . I have told my brother about this , he will look at it but yeah mostly likely will take it to harvey norman and get it wiped out as soon as possible but i don't want the malware to be roaming around and coming back later . Thats the best possible way which i think . | Nhashon (16466) | ||
| 1266239 | 2012-03-21 22:01:00 | If its got a restore partition on it, restore it. And it'll restore it back to what was on it originally | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1266240 | 2012-03-21 22:40:00 | Speedy - i believe i can try that , i think i have a D Drive , which yesterday i saw it was saying something for recovery , so how do i get about using restore partition (D) drive . what clicks and etc i need to make , and also when i do that is it possible it will or i can delete the one which has got the files corrupted . | Nhashon (16466) | ||
| 1266241 | 2012-03-21 23:10:00 | A restore will wipe every thing you have on the drive, all data, programs etc. It will take it back to like new when it was first purchased, so make sure all data is backed up first. (Sometimes the recovery partition can get corrupted as well - Seen it happen a few times). Depending on the PC/Laptop make will depend on what keys to press. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1266242 | 2012-03-22 00:52:00 | My model is hp dv7 | Nhashon (16466) | ||
| 1266243 | 2012-03-22 01:06:00 | HP's - normally F11 Instructions from another site: Press the F11 key on your keyboard quickly and repeatedly before Windows loads. If the Windows logo appears, you have gone past the point where you can boot from the recovery partition. Restart your computer and try again. As soon as you see anything on the computer monitor, begin pressing F11. Stop pressing F11 when Recovery Manager opens. Some Computers can be very touchy and fussy, you have to tap the keys at the exact right time other wise its very easy to miss the mark ( so to speak) Just remember to save all data first to another drive otherwise it will be deleted. |
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