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Help "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
My computer was/is infected with a highjacker program. I
tried to remove the files that several sites say I should and the files are not there but the program is.(ShopNav) Now I tried to reinstall Windows and I can't access MSDOS. I get the error message "A device attached to the system is not functioning" Everything else works fine but is slow. Any help would be appreicated. |
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Help "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
I'm not certain I understand. You had a hijacker, you cleaned your system and
then decided to reinstall Win Me. Why? How? A reinstall is usually the very last means of removing an unwanted guest if for no other reason than that it can cause problems far far worse than before the reinstall if you don't clean install. How are you attempting to access MSDOS? You can only do this from a boot floppy or do you mean that the problems you see are when opening what is called a DOS window in Win Me? -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Relligirl wrote: My computer was/is infected with a highjacker program. I tried to remove the files that several sites say I should and the files are not there but the program is.(ShopNav) Now I tried to reinstall Windows and I can't access MSDOS. I get the error message "A device attached to the system is not functioning" Everything else works fine but is slow. Any help would be appreicated. |
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Help "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
I tried to clean the system but I could not find the
hijakcer the files that the sites told me to look for were not there. I tried to search for the files and i canlt find them anywhere on my system. Everytime I hit the search button in the internet explorer, I get a ShopNav search engine and can't change to another search engine. Everything I found said to reinstall windows that might help since I could not find the files in which the hijacker was installed. Now I cant reinstall windows, I get an error message saying that "setup could not check the hard drive and to restart maching , boot fron disk, and run scandisk all from the command line. Tried that and still could not install windows or any other program. Then I tried to access the MSDOS prompt through C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM but I get an error "A device attached to the system is not functioning" |
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Help "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
You may have a virus/spyware hijack
download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling viruses are not present on your PC http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe - update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files. Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the CoolWebSearch hijacker. http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html Use CWShredder, the removal tool: http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from your system. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp wrote in message ... I tried to clean the system but I could not find the hijakcer the files that the sites told me to look for were not there. I tried to search for the files and i canlt find them anywhere on my system. Everytime I hit the search button in the internet explorer, I get a ShopNav search engine and can't change to another search engine. Everything I found said to reinstall windows that might help since I could not find the files in which the hijacker was installed. Now I cant reinstall windows, I get an error message saying that "setup could not check the hard drive and to restart maching , boot fron disk, and run scandisk all from the command line. Tried that and still could not install windows or any other program. Then I tried to access the MSDOS prompt through C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM but I get an error "A device attached to the system is not functioning" |
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Help "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
I am experiencing a similiar problem due to removal of a Trojan Virus. It evidently attached to files within Explorer and or Internet Explorer. I am unable to load software or reload Me.
I will anxioulsy await an answer to your question. |
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