Alan2273 Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 A quick resume.I built a computer for a charity about 3 years ago, and it has run great till a couple of days ago.He asked me to have a look at it and it had a virus on it, (as he had not renewed his virus protection)The virus was Worm bv/zz, which changes doc extensions to scr extensions.I installed AVG and it found 19 infected word documents, so I deleted all the files, updtaed AVG and went home.After reding about this worm I noticed that when antivirus software deletes corrupted files it also deletes SCVHOST and Spool.exe.Today he rang me to say it will not boot into Windows.I know I can do an XP repair, but is there a quicker way to put these missing .EXE back into the operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Windows System File Checker:Go to Start>> Run, type in: sfc /scannow [Enter]Windows may require you to insert the XP CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 John it will not boot into windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Sorry - I missed that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 it will not boot into WindowsHas he tried going into Safe Mode ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Do a repair install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Have you thought about using a live linux disc to copy/paste a known clean version back into the correct place ?Before having to repair install, it may just work.I believe AVG keeps a log file of deletions, you ought to be able to access this using the linux cd to find out where it was deleted from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Cheers Mark2, I had not thought of that, i will give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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