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To: Tomato who wrote (39695)	2/29/2004 5:01:38 PM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (2) of 110652

It depends on the virus. Some can infect AV software on install, others can the first time it gets executed. You can try running the AV software from the installer CD, but you won't have the benefit of newer virus definitions and engines issued since the CD was created. If you have a 2nd computer in the same Workgroup, install the AV program on it, and then virus scan the suspect computer across the network. It sounds like you may have unintentionally deleted some needed files, or executed a virus-containing .vbs that did it. Doing a system restore from a prior restore point probably won't help that because it restores registry keys and values and some system files, but not files considered to be user data. The sound coming from your "CPU" is ambiguous. Is it coming from the disk drive (which one?) or a fan (which one?)? It's kind of hard to diagnose a sound, but what does it sound like?

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