Re: windows won't let me into any files

From: roger (sergiorogerdon'tspam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:20:55 -0500

Hi,

On Thu, 13 May 2004 15:41:03 -0700, "littlemama"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>hi, yesterday my windows xp started , but won't let me into any folders, programs, control panel or even help and support.
>on the folders it says something like n"not a valid system32 file. on the others it says they don't have the right file extensions. everything was fine the night before. i am new at this and am totally stumped as to what to do. help.
> thanks, JOY

Boot in safe mode with network (press F8 repeatedly while the computer
boots)

Perform an online scan of your computer at any of these sites:
Trend Micro HouseCall:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/

Panda Active Scan:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Also try the stinger tool:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Perform a scan looking for malware using updated ad-aware and spybot:
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

Good luck

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