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My laptop....uni...stupid people messin bout with laptop nd things...limewire goes bad...virus arrives....virus is in a folder that i cant open..cos it crashes everytime..has affected windows media player, keeps closin down for sum reason..any ideas?? ive got loads of pictures on th laptop id like to keep..but no way of transferring em (no external hardrive etc) and system restore dusnt work

The problems with the folder may be due to not having the correct or corrupt codecs for video files. It could also be affecting media player.

But if you havnt got any antivirus anyway i'd suggest the following:

I'm guessing your running XP?

Shut it down, restart into safe mode by pressing F8 and selecting safe mode from the menu.

Once started, click start, then click run and type:

msconfig

press enter and you'll get a utility window.

click the startup tab and untick everything in there that is ticked (most lame viruses/trojans can be stopped from starting up doing this)

Click apply and ok, then restart the computer normally.

Once back on, download antivirus like AVG and anti-spyware such as Ad-Aware
I suggest these as they are free and relatively small to download, simple to use and simple to install.

Scab you computer using both of these and hould it find any viruses or spyware, it will remove them for you.

Restart and then download and install ACE Mega codecs pack (it had many codecs to view many videos) it'll probably as you to restart again.

Then try it and see if you have the same problem.

ive already got avg and other things..but they cudnt find and or delete th prob...i havent got net acces on th laptop now either....illt ry what uve said and see what comes...basically tho..the avg may be outdated...and i wont be able to get the mega codec pack

like I say, it's probably just codecs as I used to have the same problems, even with the codec pack (just less often).

If you have another machine and a USB pen, download it on your other machine and transfer it over to the laptop

use a usb memory stick to get the stuff off you want.
its probably had it, full install required
as its worn down with porn lol

wow mark...its like you know me.....porn isnt the problem..ibe narrowed it down to a dodgy song download on limewire,, as that was the last thing i did before it died.....how much are memory sticks..i did have one..but thats at uni with coursework nd stuff on it

Less than a tenner.
And there really handy as you can swop porn with mates
really easily, as a USB stick is small

Bare in mind you may copy the virus to the USB Stick
so do a virus check on it on the new machine you plug it into.

£10 for a 1gb one in pc world.

Have you not got wireless on ya laptop?

mark....the porn obsessionist??? ive got wireless..but it doesnt connect...tryin to rob other peoples..apparently were gettin a wireless thing tho soon

how many megs of photos do you have? Cos if its only a gig or summit I can give ye some space on one of me servers so ye can zip em up and upload overnight to ensure they are safe.

For reference, id have to say (had an argument about this on WebHostingTalk the other day, most people - mainly server admins etc - sided with me), no NT based OS is ever beyond repair, only amateurs/people who dont understand NT use the easy option and re-install every time - its just a question of knowing and understanding the problem and how to fix it. 99% of NT problems can be fixed in well under an hour.

Lol if ye aint got the net then FTP space aint no use to ye hehe.

Twas a thought haha!

I just goin to say that if ya ever have your laptop over here then i will have
some better anti-virus software you could use.

Reason i asked about wireless is cuz i got a wirless usb stick lol, would of let
ya borrowed it.

Unless the AV is Nod32, its not worth having on a machine imho. Not only is it consistently the best overall rated AV software, but it uses virtually no system resources at all!

Ye can get a hooky copy with a 10,000 day keygen or buy the real thing for £23 lol.

is there a way that tells u or shows u how many megs there r...cos to be honest i cant tell

Right click properties

or group them and do the same lol