I tried to run the Disk Cleanup accessory to free up some HD space; and then started having a few odd things happening with my computer. It would crash when I ran the accessory, and it gives me this error code:
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78E4524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
I also now get warning notices from McAfee Security Center that there is a PUP or PRC on my computer. Neither sounds like a good thing.
I'd like to try to reformat the drive; though I'm not really sure how to do that. I tried booting with the OS CD (XP Professional Media Center); but it crashes with the same error code as above when it gets to the "starting windows" stage.
I've run through all of the virus/malware removal steps in the sticky at the top of this forum. I didn't finish the online scan (it was estimating 12 hours to run), and the third tool in Step 10 led to what seemed to be a dead link when I tried to download the file. Otherwise, all steps were completed.
The Panda Antirootkit program found nothing, and the HijackThis, SAS, and Combofix logs are all attached.
I'd like to clean the drive well enough so that I can simply reformat it (doesn't seem as though that should be too lofty a goal!). Thanks for any help you all can provide.
PY
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78E4524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
I also now get warning notices from McAfee Security Center that there is a PUP or PRC on my computer. Neither sounds like a good thing.
I'd like to try to reformat the drive; though I'm not really sure how to do that. I tried booting with the OS CD (XP Professional Media Center); but it crashes with the same error code as above when it gets to the "starting windows" stage.
I've run through all of the virus/malware removal steps in the sticky at the top of this forum. I didn't finish the online scan (it was estimating 12 hours to run), and the third tool in Step 10 led to what seemed to be a dead link when I tried to download the file. Otherwise, all steps were completed.
The Panda Antirootkit program found nothing, and the HijackThis, SAS, and Combofix logs are all attached.
I'd like to clean the drive well enough so that I can simply reformat it (doesn't seem as though that should be too lofty a goal!). Thanks for any help you all can provide.
PY