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Re: booting winxp-trying to install

On 8/1/07, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My daughter's laptop, winxp pro.
Crashed on a blue screen of death...
Now on bootup, winxp starts ok,
but immediately windows installer window pops up
and says "preparing to install...".
I think it's a bomb or trojan, and click cancel.
Startup folders very minimal and nothing out of ordinary.
How can I determine where & what this is?


How about using a burn-your-own boot CD with an anti-virus app to scan with
WinXP offline?

I've never used one, so I can't comment specifically on them.

- Dan

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