In article , "Mike Powell -> All"

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 MP> I am working on my sister's PC.  It most certainly has a virus and/or some
 MP> other trojan process running.  It is an XP machine.  I know that I can use
 MP> an XP CD to boot from, to run things like CHKDSK, etc., but is there a way
 MP> to boot with a CD to do a virus scan/clean on the HD?

 MP> The machine does not appear stable enough at this point to run anything
 MP> while logged on.  I think whatever is done will need to be done by booting
 MP> from an alternate source.

 MP> I have tried going into Safe Mode, but whatever it is that has it infected
 MP> appears to have block any access in that manner.  I get a BSOD every time.
 MP> I guess it still lets it boot "Normal" so that it can
continue to control
 MP> the PC.

Format and reinstall... and then install one of several free virus
programs (AVAST, AVG, etc)

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