What virus is it? Could it be Rootkit? Old Tyke_FH wrote: > Many thanks for the advice Barry, I will pass this info on to him, But my > main worry is transferring the nasty. to the clean PC, after the format, I > have little idea were it could be hiding. I'm not even game to scan the DVD > holding all his data on my Pc in case I get infected too. > > Regards Arthur > > > 2009/8/19 Old Tyke_FH <oldtyke.fh@gmail.com> > > >> My son has what seems like a very nasty virus, although he has AVG & >> spybot installed >> and up to date, so bad in-fact his ISP has suspended him until it is >> removed they tell him >> he is sending lots of spam from it. (He has two teenage daughters)! >> >> He has brought it to me to format but requested I save his files first, my >> quandary is, if I burn >> the files to DVD, what precaution should I take before reinstalling them on >> his PC, without >> re-infecting it? >> He runs XP pro >> >> Can you please help >> Regards Arthur >> >> > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >