hi,
i hv a dual booting system with win xp & win 98se.
recently in Win xp my norton antivirus 2005 has started DETECTING "downloader" in windows system 32/i.it tends to remove the threat but sometimes it again crops on restarting the system.also i am not being able to cut ,copy, paste,drag,drop after connecting to the internet.
i DOWNLOADED the the latest AVG antispyware & antivirus & ran them after booting into Safe Mode.but the above mentioned problem is persisting.i also ran the blaster worm check by running the symantec tool but blaster was not detected.i do not want to format the system.please help if possible.
When you ran your scans in safemode did you turn off system restore ? ?
Warning: You will lose all your restore POINTS doing so.
You could also DLoad and RUN Stinger and see if it removes it.i agree with patio with trying other anti VIRUS and spam programs. You might like to try system mechanic. It cleans your computer of everyhting. tmps, malware, spyware and finds lots of nasties. It repairs any files which are infected.