[MarkL]

Also, if you don’t have a second clean HD preloaded with Windows, you can alway use a boot disk, like BART PE. Bart can be configured to run Spybot, McAfee Stinger, or Ad Aware without having to boot to the OS of your affected HD.

Stinger has NEVER been a fully-featured virus scan. It just scans for certain infections, depending on the version. And the last version I saw on their site was WAY out of date. And the config files on the BartPE config are also WAY OUT OF DATE, and I must have spent about 6 hours trying to get a number of different AV programs to work, none of which would.

Mark

[Florida native]

Stinger is updated on Network Associates' website often; if it doesn't work for you, there are others that will. Norton, McAfee, Computer Associates, and others usually have tools to clear specific problem viruses/trojans.

Also, BartPE must be configured (built) by the user - the basic config that you download contains just that - base programs - you can replace them with the latest versions. I rebuild my boot disk often with updated drivers, scanners, etc. The stickler is you must have a license for certain programs that you add - such as Symantec Ghost.

I know that it is not fun to clear viruses/spyware/trojans.