Thread: start up

hi, been running win xp on desktop,been getting very slow lately so tried a system restore, once this was done computer came on with a note saying wininetd.dll not loaded,but there is no start up menu or icons available all that is there is the screen saver nothing will come on at all turning off ,on makes no difference, any help would be appreciated.

Bad news I`m afraid, looks like you have been hit with the Vundo trojan.

http://www.prevx.com/filenames/21007...INETD.DLL.html

Have you tried booting in safe mode? If you can and get online try running this online scanner.

http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

Best of luck, this can be nasty to get rid of.

thanks for the reply,like i mentioned nothing comes up, no start or icons the only thing was task manager which i got by pressing ctrl,alt, del any other ideas or do i need to bin the comp, cheers

Try this, bring up task manager (ctrl+alt+delete), on the menu bar click on file then click on new task (run). In the box that opens manually type http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm . Click ok and it should bring up the site. Scroll down to number 195 and in right hand column double click and in the box select run. Check with taskmanager the CPU usage. Once activity is low and stable then in task manager menu bar select shutdown and in dropdown menu select restart. Hopefully you'll get your desktop back.
We'll need to get rid of mallware next if successful. Try Ferret's links first.

Originally Posted by ₣abler

Try this, bring up task manager (ctrl+alt+delete), on the menu bar click on file then click on new task (run). In the box that opens manually type http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm . Click ok and it should bring up the site. Scroll down to number 195 and in right hand column double click and in the box select run. Check with taskmanager the CPU usage. Once activity is low and stable then in task manager menu bar select shutdown and in dropdown menu select restart. Hopefully you'll get your desktop back.
We'll need to get rid of mallware next if successful. Try Ferret's links first.

hi, thanks again shall try that and let you know how i got on, cheers

hi, tried that it just says the parameter is incorrect