Virus??

[mmattmo]

hey.
i turned my PC on today and was greeted with a screen that had lots of coloured squares at the botton, with different characters (A-Z) and numerous symbols. all coloured and flashing the rest of the screen is black.

the startup of the PC stops dead, when this screen comes up.
i can get round this, and boot the PC, but if i was to leave it to boot on its own, it would get no where.

does anyone know what it causing this. i have run avast and deleted all infected files, but the problem persists.
thanks in advanve for any help on this matter.

[nomaxim]

Welcome to TechIMO.

i have run avast and deleted all infected files

How many files did you have that where infected and to you remember what virus it was? What are you doing to get the computer to boot?

Some virus's will alter files and the removal instuctions can require a bit more then just deleting the files. Most A/V sites have detailed instructions for removing this kind of virus.

[MachTach]

Try this:

Since you said you can get around the boot process....load your operating system.

When on, run MSCONFIG and view what programs are set to run on startup. If there's one that's located in Windows/System, bet it's your culprit.

If not, check the TASK MANAGER for running processes that you don't believe should be there.

If you find something, somebody here can guide you on removing the bad registry keys or files manually. (Not to demean your pc skills in any way).

[mmattmo]

[quote=nomaxim]Welcome to TechIMO.


How many files did you have that where infected and to you remember what virus it was? What are you doing to get the computer to boot?

I think there was about 4/5 files i deleted, but i cant remember what they were called.

to get the system to boot, i have to press escape, to get onto a boot menu, from which i can choose which drive to boot from. HD, DVD-RW,DVD-ROM. So i boot from HD and can get onto the PC. its just when i dont press the escape button, that the PC wont load, and i get all those coloured squares.

sorry if im not being that clear.
thanks

[JKTECH]

I have the same problem with the coloured squares! However I cant boot from HD. still goes to the coloured screen. any idea how i can fix this? or exactly where i can find help?

[orkboss]

Help the computers are being taken over by aliens!

[sr71000]

hmm....make sure you have no cds in the drives and no floppy disks in....sounds wierd but the fact that it boots fine when u select the harddrive makes me think it's trying to boot to something else

and orkboss....easy with the threadcrapping man...if it isn't helpful, don't bother