IS IT A VIRUS?

I susally saw that when something screwy went on with the video card

If you're getting into safe mode, I would go in that way, and run sysedit, go the system.ini and look for a line that says

display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv

and change it to

display.drv=vga.drv

As far as the virus scan foes...I don't know of one that small to flt onto a floppy

Mark

In most cases its not a virus. What I whould do (and it sure works) is reinstall windows 98. But before you reinstall:
Make sure that all hardware work fine check all the fans (the fans are the hardware that make windows act up) make sure that whenyou close the box the CPU fan is not getting blocked by a cable. Start by removing EVERYTHING connected to your computer, except for the HardDrive (HD), Keyboard, and VGA (remove even the mouse). If its starts normally, then reconnect one device at a time and see if the problem comes back (start by the mouse, then the Floppy, then the CD-ROM, then the Sound card, then the Modem, then the NIC, and so on) restarting the computer as you reconnect a device. Some times it can also be the P/S. Try starting your computer in safe mode. If it starts in safe mode, and you can run programs without a problem, (except that the color isnt good) than its a hardware device (other than the fans) thats making problems. If nothing helped, your windows needs a reinstall.

(2) Try with this tb807dos.arj

You can find this on ftp://t4.bits.net/pub/Virus/

I don't know of a full antivirus program that fits on a floppy, but if you had Internet access, you can get a free scan of your hard drive at http://housecall.antivirus.com/ It'll take a few minutes, but will find and clean any viruses.

Hello there, there is a great AV app that will fit on floppy, you will want to run it from DOS-MODE only. It's called F-PROT.. you can download it from www.datafellows.com, it is hard to find there, for a direct download, try http://www.bootdisk.com/virfiles/fpm308c.exe there is a good reason for using this and the way it is designed to run from DOS Only.. most windows based AV apps will become corrupt when run... hope this helps, you need anything else (Help running this App etc) let me know..Good Luck!

John

I have a <700 kb zip file for mcaffe's boot scan. I'm not sure where you can download it from but I could forward it to you if you like.

are you able to enter windows after that or the system shuts down?
the answer to this question will determine the resolution
if able to enter windows then the logo.sys file has been edited

Try holding the controll key down while booting, to force up the menu. Choose step by step and see which dll is causing the shut down. You will ususally see this only in this manner, since the splash usually hides the error screen in dos. After you see which one causes the error, then you have a better idea of which way to go to get it fixed. In my experience, it is usually the video or mouse drivers, but sometimes it will be a dll that was added by a program.

Hope that this helps,

Vickie

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