On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:22:14 -0600, WiredAngel
wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>First time here and man, could I do with some help. MY PC crashed
>sometime ago and a useless PC technician reloaded Windows 2000 as well
>as XP on my Dell Latitude. Since then, many of my software programs
>are not functioning.
What exactly does "reloaded" mean? Many softwares will
require reinstallation if the prior OS installation was
abandoned for a new one.
>When I log in with XP, most of them function, but
>when I log into Windows 2000, then my mediaplayer, dvd player and many
>programs do not work, giving me an internal error message.
It could be useful to focus on what the exact error message
is, rather than only noting there was an error message.
>Also there
>seems to be some weird virus protection program that downloaded itself
>and every so often (like every 10 clicks) changes the webpage to this:
>
>>Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack
>>Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected
>with
>>viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead
>>to system slowdown, freezes and crashes.
>>Also insecure Internet activity can result in revealing your personal
>>information.
>>To get full advanced real-time protection for PC and Internet
>>activity, register KvmSecure.
>>We recommend you to protect your PC now and continue safe Internet
>>browsing.
>>Click here to get full advanced real-time protection and continue
>>browsing.
>>Continue to this website unprotected (not recommended).
>
>Sometimes I can’t access webpages as all, and then the following url
>appears: www.directnameservice2008.com, and then it refuses to close.
>
>When downloading mpegs or video clips, this is also not possible as an
>error message pops up. It seems as if Windows media player is just not
>working.
>
>Help, help, help!
>
>Thanks
>
>JB
Your system is infected with some sort of virus. Look at
the running processes in Windows Task Manager to see if you
can identify what infections you have, if you'd like to try
manually removing them or removal with antivirus software.
It's possible these infections are causing your other
problems, or that those other problems are separate. Only
after removing the infections can you be certain, and at
this point it may be easier to just backup your data, format
the partitions, and do a clean OS installation. Then assess
how you were infected and take the needed steps to close
those security holes.
Before a clean OS installation you might consider running
memtest86+ for a few hours to see if there are any memory
errors.
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