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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 08:23:43 am

Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 08:23:43 am: i need you help, cause this happened:

firast, i'm running mcaffee virusscan, and everything goes well untill something freezes the system, i have to pull the plug out of the socket. then i put i back in to reboot,
it sais:
"scanning memory for viruses, none found". and i get some weird error, looking like some temp file or stack dump, ewiht below al that "press any key to contineu" ok, i press a key, and windows boots. then i just reboot to see if the error is there, and it is. then i run mcaffee to see if that gives any error, but nothing there. how do i get rid of this without reformatting and reinstalling windows?

system specs:

PIII 800Mhz
20 gb drive devided in C:17 GB, and E: 1.2 GB (don't ask where the rest went)
40 GB drive on D:
DVD drive
CD burner
192 MB SD-RAM
riva tnt2 16
windows 98 SE
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Ulundel on February 15, 2003, 08:31:51 am: Hmmm, does it give the error while wondows is already running?
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 08:33:15 am: no, when it is starting windows, right after the "windows 98 is starting" or something
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Ulundel on February 15, 2003, 08:38:10 am: I need to know exactly when it happens in order to help you.
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 08:41:20 am: right after it sias, "starting windows 98", it sais:"checking memory for viruses" then it gives a big mess of numbers and letters, nothing readable, tehn it gives "press any key to continue", note that al these errors are translated, the originalls are all dutch, that was te reason for the "or something"
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Ulundel on February 15, 2003, 08:47:49 am: Might be a start-up virus. They have the ability to block windows and stuff. A startup disc can sometimes help.
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 08:49:52 am: i doubt that it is a virus, since it only started after the hang-up of mcaffee, and it still allows me to boot, so it doesn't do anything bad, it just annoys me. i haven't met any other problems (yet).
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Ulundel on February 15, 2003, 08:51:32 am: Oh, I thought it doesen't let you to start Windows.
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Warlock on February 15, 2003, 10:33:19 am: Quote
Originally posted by kasperl
right after it sias, "starting windows 98", it sais:"checking memory for viruses" then it gives a big mess of numbers and letters, nothing readable, tehn it gives "press any key to continue", note that al these errors are translated, the originalls are all dutch, that was te reason for the "or something"

From what I'm reading it sounds like MacAfee is doing exactly what it's made to do. When I had Norton 2001 ,.. at start up BEFORE windows 'engages' it scans the system files to make sure you didn't get a start up virus that would get in once Windows completly boots. That would be what all that numbers and such are,...files being scanned within DOS.
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: kasperl on February 15, 2003, 10:40:56 am: no, i don't think that's it, because before this little mess started, it also scanned everytime the pc booted, and back then it still worked perfectly.
Title: computer problems, yet another thread
Post by: Warlock on February 15, 2003, 10:59:16 am: Suggestion ... uninstall MacAfee completely then reinstall it and update it.

Could just be that had a file go buggy....it happens.