Couldn't find a specific anti virus thread so hoping this one is relevant and someone is able to help.
Hi,
I am working on a Dell Inspiron mini laptop with Windows XP and I have somehow contracted some sort of root kit virus. It happened a few days ago when the version of Open Office I was using crashed and would no longer save my work properly. I was then told that my hard drive was full and I had to delete some programmes to free some space up. I did as it said, stripping my computer to the bare basics to free some space but even when the only programmes I had installed were Google Chrome, Panda antivirus and Notepad with all the basic Windows start up icons, I was still being told my hard drive is empty on space - so much so I could not run a system restore.
I did loads of disk clean ups, scans and analysis but nothing showed up as a problem. Later on, I looked in my hard drive and found a load of files in there that were new. They just consisted of a lot of numbers and then inside each one of these 4 new folders, were half a dozen other folders, titled by random numbers containing a RTF file called eula.rtf and a file called Hotfix. I logged in as an administrator to delete these files believing this would free up some space but even though when I logged back in they were gone, I am still being told I have no space on my hard drive. How can I get rid of this virus please as it is preventing me using anything but the Internet and Notepad on my laptop.....
Any advice would be appreciated and laptop saving thanks
Hi,
I am working on a Dell Inspiron mini laptop with Windows XP and I have somehow contracted some sort of root kit virus. It happened a few days ago when the version of Open Office I was using crashed and would no longer save my work properly. I was then told that my hard drive was full and I had to delete some programmes to free some space up. I did as it said, stripping my computer to the bare basics to free some space but even when the only programmes I had installed were Google Chrome, Panda antivirus and Notepad with all the basic Windows start up icons, I was still being told my hard drive is empty on space - so much so I could not run a system restore.
I did loads of disk clean ups, scans and analysis but nothing showed up as a problem. Later on, I looked in my hard drive and found a load of files in there that were new. They just consisted of a lot of numbers and then inside each one of these 4 new folders, were half a dozen other folders, titled by random numbers containing a RTF file called eula.rtf and a file called Hotfix. I logged in as an administrator to delete these files believing this would free up some space but even though when I logged back in they were gone, I am still being told I have no space on my hard drive. How can I get rid of this virus please as it is preventing me using anything but the Internet and Notepad on my laptop.....
Any advice would be appreciated and laptop saving thanks
