one time, when i was surfing the internet, a window prompt me that i have viruses on my pc that need to be repaired and it asked me to download the "PERSONAL antivirus". I accidentally downloaded it and i had learned that this "personal antivirus" is the virus itself. I cannot remove it from my pc. Now i tried to do the PC recovery on my compaq computer. Im using windows xp. I hit the F10 button to start up then i did the pc recovery that can uninstall all saved and installed programs on my computer.Now, i am using the computer now like new, i re-installed the internet,printer,office,etc. I did not see the Personal Antivirus anymore. Am I already SAFE from that virus? Was the pc recovery i did effective? or do you THINK the virus is still there? im scared now.
my SECOND question is:
while im using my computer, it suddenly turned off and on then
a window prompt me and said this:
"VPU recover has reset your graphics ACCELERATED as it was no longer responding to graphics driver command"
send error report
>>what does it mean? Is this related about the virus that i encountered before?yhuna42, yes you are now safe from that particular virus...once you have reinstalled your computer like you have done there is no files on your computer that are effected by any virus whatsoever, so you can be safe in the knowledge that your computer is now clean and is now virus free If you want to make absolutely certain, then go here, follow the instructions. A specialist will look at the results.

I will also recommend getting a good anti-virus package, if you don't already have one.

I prefer Avast. Use the Home edition, it requires activation, but that is free.