Rootkit

[oberland]

Hi,

I have a rootkit in the system and I understand that the best way, certainly the easiest way to go back to normal is to save whatever I need and reformat the hard drive, I have already saved music files etc on a clean machine and I have used a rescue disc on my computer hoping that that would get rid of the rootkit, it hasn't.
the xp os came preinstalled on the computer, however I have now been offered an xp sp2 disc and my question is will that disc work on my computer? I heard that microsoft had done something to the software to stop, as they call it soft piracy

Oberland

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Before resorting to using an illegal copy of Windows, Which by the way isn`t a good idea, go HERE and follow the instructions. It might just help you to get rid of the rootkit.

If it doesn`t, then I recommend you buy a legit copy of Windows and reformat.

Techspot does not and cannot condone the use of pirated software.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave: