Urgent Virus Question

If I reset my computer to factory settings with the XP CD, will it get rid of virouses and everyting?W3dotCOM

Um if by reset you mean reformat the HD , yeah that gets rid of viruses. 

do you mean repair or reinstall?nutcrackr

Reinstall. I want to whipe it ans satart brand new. with no viruses either. 

Yeah, what you're saying really needs to be clarified. If you reformatted and reinstalled, then any viruses will be gone. If you simply reinstalled (without formatting( ie: all old data is stil there)) then the viruses will still be present.

Just FYI, my personal virus busting regiment is Spybot Search & Destroy (free), AVG Anti-Virus (free edition), Lavasoft's Ad-Aware (free edition),  Spy Ware Doctor ($$$, but definitely worth it, and CCleaner. Thes progs should clean your entire system. Spy Ware Doctor is a great investment, too. It will find and remove viruses that many other spyware progs imsply will not find. Oh, and a good firewall is Comodo Personal Firewall. It's free, low on sys resources and very powerful.

Best of luck to you. 

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]do you mean repair or reinstall?W3dotCOM

Reinstall. I want to whipe it ans satart brand new. with no viruses either.

Wrong forum, don't bump your thread after 4 minutes and don't download porn in executable files then all shall be fine