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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: B.Thomp on June 12, 2005, 08:50:10 AM
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I believe I have a virus on my laptop (win2000) and it appears my fonts have either been wiped out or changed. My fonts folder via Control Panel is empty so switching fonts isn't an option. It seems the default font is Windings and I cdan't change it.
I've run mult Virus Scans/SpybotS&D but unfortunately I can't read the results.
Any help on the matter would be appreciated.
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You need to reinstall your fonts then... The virus might be gone, but you need to restore your fonts, etc. now...
[glb]Flame[/glb]
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You need to reinstall your fonts then... The virus might be gone, but you need to restore your fonts, etc. now...
[glb]Flame[/glb]
thanks for the response Flame. The problem is the laptop was given to me and I don't have any of the discs. Is there anyway around this issue without the discs?
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Well, the easy thing to do would to just go buy a new OS, but that's not at ALL practical, so we'll save that for a last resort... Try running a Windows Update...
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not sure if this related, but i'm also receiving the following error msg when i boot up -
Visal C++ Runtime Library Error!
Program: C:\WINNT\system32\Psof1.exe
'This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.'
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Can you download some fonts from the net to give you access to the computer, then download Hijackthis from
http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english
Run a scan then save the logfile and return to the above site to get your scan analysed.
I expect you will be then deleting the Psof1.exe entry among other things.