I'm a new user,  I have a question about dos boot.

system · 2007-09-14T07:16:37.000Z

Hi all,
My Cumputer has a virus , I install Avast, but Avast can not start, I think I can kill virus from DOS Boot, But how can I do ? I can not start avast,so I can not perform a dos boot from avast.

  Sorry for my poor English.

Maxx_original · 2007-09-14T07:21:04.000Z

what’s your OS?

system · 2007-09-14T07:40:36.000Z

XP, I’m in china, There are many viruses.

Maxx_original · 2007-09-14T07:50:43.000Z

ok… does avast give some error message to you?

system · 2007-09-14T07:57:05.000Z

Nothing , juest can not start, I think Virus so lot. So I want to get a dos boot.

Maxx_original · 2007-09-14T08:02:23.000Z

look to your event log (through event viewer in administrative tools) for some detailed messages from avast services… is there anything strange?

DavidR · 2007-09-14T12:07:38.000Z

Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ?

Was that also killed (unable to start) ?

system · 2007-09-14T12:58:01.000Z

frist use avast! ?
I think you should restart your PC,because when you first time use it(means install it)
the Avast! need to be restart…
may be .
just try it ,boy!

Lisandro · 2007-09-14T14:17:27.000Z

NewTaMax post:1:

Hi all, My Cumputer has a virus , I install Avast, but Avast can not start, I think I can kill virus from DOS Boot, But how can I do ? I can not start avast,so I can not perform a dos boot from avast.

You’re in the right direction… you need to run boot time scanning but before you must have avast correctly installed in your computer.

NewTaMax post:1:

Sorry for my poor English.

Don’t worry. We can understand you 8)

system · 2007-09-14T15:18:48.000Z

Thank you for all! In fact I’m a system supporter, The computer is my customer’s, Originally this computer use Kaspersky 6, and it infected with some Rootkit , Kaspersky ask for reboot to kill the virus , But when I reboot, Kaspersky 6 cannot kill, It always ask to reboot, So I think I must change a antivirus software, In China , It has already many people know AVAST! So I try the free version, The virus was so bad, I can get AVAST normally installed, But the computer was so slowly, It cost 2 hours for me to uninstall kaspersky 6 and install avast, It always pop up many ads windows, so I can not work normally. Finaly I get avast runs a dos boot kill, the system works OK! I think for the next time, I want to quickly get a dos boot kill (normally install the software), so I can work quickly, that’s all ,Thanks all.

Lisandro · 2007-09-14T21:10:42.000Z

NewTaMax post:10:

I think for the next time, I want to quickly get a dos boot kill (normally install the software), so I can work quickly, that’s all ,Thanks all.

I hope you don’t have a next time ;D
Welcome to avast forums.

system · 2007-09-14T23:54:48.000Z

In China people don’t have enough security consciousness for there computer, They use antivirus software , but they don’t recogenize the messages from software, so they always click “allow” , and then they infected, hehe, Every day I must repair 2 or 3 system. So I have many “next” :-[

Tarq57 · 2007-09-15T00:38:09.000Z

Sorry if this is off topic, but I’ve been reading a little about a Chinese security called 360safe, which is supposed to be good for rootkits.
Can post/pm links if you want. They’re in Chinese, so I can’t read them, though.

system · 2007-09-15T13:25:02.000Z

I know 360safe, It really garbage, I use “autoruns” ,It’s the best.

system · 2007-09-21T14:19:16.000Z

Tarq57 post:13:

Sorry if this is off topic, but I’ve been reading a little about a Chinese security called 360safe, which is supposed to be good for rootkits.
Can post/pm links if you want. They’re in Chinese, so I can’t read them, though.

hi Tarq57,
the download link http://down.360safe.com/setup.exe
the offical link http://www.360safe.com/
rememmber its just a tool not a antivirus like avast! Its just so so I think ;D

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