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XP Prof. - Yesterday my Symantec Antivirus software informed me that I had a
Trojan horse. There wer isntructions on how to remove, which I followed. 1.
Turn
off System Restore, Go to CMD prompt, type msconfig, go to boot.ini, change
boot to boot in Safe Mode, restart computer. This is where I ran into a
problem. When I rebooted in safe mode, I usually get a CNTRL, ALT, DLT
screen where I need to enter username and password. I entered mine and I get
an error, I can't get in now. Also tried changing username to
"administrator" leaving password blank. Still can't get in. Also can't boot
in normal mode. Attempted to by hitting F8 on start up. Will not start in
Noraml mode. Will not start in last know good config, etc. Can't get out of
Safe Mode. Need help Please.

I suggest you post this over on one of the security forums. A good place to
start would be: microsoft.public.security.homeusers. There are some really
_good_ people there who have experience resolving these things and should be
able to help.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"bjdefelice" <> wrote in message
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> XP Prof. - Yesterday my Symantec Antivirus software informed me that I had
> a
> Trojan horse. There wer isntructions on how to remove, which I followed.
> 1.
> Turn
> off System Restore, Go to CMD prompt, type msconfig, go to boot.ini,
> change
> boot to boot in Safe Mode, restart computer. This is where I ran into a
> problem. When I rebooted in safe mode, I usually get a CNTRL, ALT, DLT
> screen where I need to enter username and password. I entered mine and I
> get
> an error, I can't get in now. Also tried changing username to
> "administrator" leaving password blank. Still can't get in. Also can't
> boot
> in normal mode. Attempted to by hitting F8 on start up. Will not start
> in
> Noraml mode. Will not start in last know good config, etc. Can't get out
> of
> Safe Mode. Need help Please.
>

If no one comes up with a better idea I would suggest you to boot off your XP
x64 install CD, choose Install and later on (a couple of menues later) Repair.
That would not fix the Trojan horse issue but you would be back in business.
I would also uninstal Symantec AV and try a better one like Avast or the
others that have been supported in this NG.
Carlos

"bjdefelice" wrote:

> XP Prof. - Yesterday my Symantec Antivirus software informed me that I had a
> Trojan horse. There wer isntructions on how to remove, which I followed. 1.
> Turn
> off System Restore, Go to CMD prompt, type msconfig, go to boot.ini, change
> boot to boot in Safe Mode, restart computer. This is where I ran into a
> problem. When I rebooted in safe mode, I usually get a CNTRL, ALT, DLT
> screen where I need to enter username and password. I entered mine and I get
> an error, I can't get in now. Also tried changing username to
> "administrator" leaving password blank. Still can't get in. Also can't boot
> in normal mode. Attempted to by hitting F8 on start up. Will not start in
> Noraml mode. Will not start in last know good config, etc. Can't get out of
> Safe Mode. Need help Please.
>