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Subject:
Can you run a spyware remover from a DOS prompt if Windows isn't working ?
Category: Computers > Hardware Asked by: gagadaga-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
13 Nov 2005 15:43 PST
Expires: 13 Dec 2005 15:43 PST Question ID: 592585 |
Is there a free spyware program that I can download to this good computer and transfer it onto a floppy and run on a W2K computer that has a corrupted OS ? It might be a virus but the computer won't boot to a cd and it doesn't have a way to change the boot sequence in the bios setup. Bios A07. Under Boot Configuration, there are only 3 choices, Plug+ Play, Reset Configuration which I tried to set to yes, but it didn't show what was being reset so I put it back to no, and the 3rd choice was Numlock. Pretty weird that it doesn't have this listed. |
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Subject:
Re: Can you run a spyware remover from a DOS prompt if Windows isn't working ?
From: feldersoft-ga on 14 Nov 2005 00:04 PST |
Take the hard drive out of the bad computer and put it in as a secondary drive in the good one. When windows comes up and recognizes the new drive, use whatever tool you want to scan the drive. |
Subject:
Re: Can you run a spyware remover from a DOS prompt if Windows isn't working ?
From: kade_matthews-ga on 20 Nov 2005 21:06 PST |
There's probably no DOS-based spyware scanners around, but you can try running your existing, Windows based, Spyware scanners in safe mode -- it's worth a try. To get into Safe Mode, Press F8 just before the Windows loading splash screen appears and you should be presented with a boot menu. One of the options in the boot menu is "Safe mode". Select it, boot into Windows (hopefully) and scan and remove the spyware from there. |
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