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John, what operating system are you running? I haven’t ever found a windows computer that I can’t start in safe mode.. It just takes some fiddling.. Have your tried using the F8 key during initial boot-up? You might have to try it 50 times to get that F-8 to catch the reboot process at just the right moment. If that virus has altered your system files that might be the only way to boot into safe mode.. (Note: not all computers use F-8 as the key so make sure your computer isn’t using a different key stroke) Have you tried your windows boot floppy disk? Windows tries to boot to the “A” drive first so if there is a disk in there it will find it & boot to that first (unless it has been turned off).. If you don’t have the windows boot disk find another computer with an operating system like yours & make a floppy boot disk. (probably find it on line also).. Try booting your computer then manually shutting it down part way through the boot process, do this a few times so it gets back past trying to boot to a last couple of saved boot files.. After about 3 tries it will probably automatically try to boot you in safe mode.. Have you had your anti-virus scan your boot files? If not start there. Change your initial boot so you don’t mask the boot files scrolling on the screen as they load.. That will allow you watch the boot files scroll out & load.. Maybe you can catch an errant file loading then go in & edit the boot process (or go in & turn that function off until you find your problem.. If your System Configuration Utility is still operating try using that to shut down all non essential system on the initial boot up (sometime a real well written virus will disable that though) If your system has system restore be sure that is disabled or it could just restore an infected file.. If you have a older Dos based windows operating system then just boot to Dos & use command prompts to work around the system. When you get your problem sorted out there are a couple of safe guards I use on my internet computers.. 1st, enter your E-Mail address book & enter an E-Mail address such as name (AAAAVirusAlert) @ YOUR e-mail address .. Of course using “your” real E-Mail address.. That way if your computer becomes infected with a virus you will be the first to receive an E-Mail if the virus sends itself out from your computer.. Using the AAAA assures it is always at the top of the list.. If you see AAAA VirusAlert in your inbox you know your computer is sending out things that you don’t know about.. 2nd, configure your E-Mail or E-mail blocking software to block all E-mails that containing (.vbs), (.bat), (.exe), (.pif) and (.scr) files.. those are not normally used in normal E-Mail correspondence but are most likely to contain a virus or Trojan horse.. 3rd, Turn on (Show Hidden Files) in your computer,, Windows systems come with that turned off by default.. Here’s why.. If I wanted to E-Mail you a virus all I would have to do is write the virus,, then set it as hidden in the attributes (easy to do), then send it to JohtT@youre-mail address & name it.. Here’s how I would name it – (Here is a picture of my tractor.JPG.EXE).. Seeing as you have show hidden files turned off & I set the attributes to hidden it will show up in your computer as “Here is picture of my tractor.JPG” you won’t see the real extension of .EXE -- You see that it is from me & say I know him,, so you open it—GOT YOU.. It’s the very last letters after the last (.) that you have to worry about.. But you need to see it.. John I was just kidding you on sending me an E-Mail, my machines would probably catch & filter the problem anyhow. If I’m in your E-Mail address book you have probably already sent me one anyway.. Be sure to call or E-Mail anybody that is in your address book & warn them you might have sent out a virus… Good Luck Clooney
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