[jhb] Re: Emergency In Ward Ten
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:09:50 -0000
Wininit.DLL is a core file for IE7 - it sets the locations in the Registry
for temp files.. It's a prime target for viruses and I'm surprised your AV
software let it get infected.
Can't you just copy it from the CD?
bones
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 30 January 2008 16:38
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Emergency In Ward Ten
I mentioned Virus attacks this morning, after which I set Avast to seek
and destroy. It found a Trojan Horse type in the Windows associated
locations and I accepted Delete.
That was the last I saw of Windows! Windows now fails to boot, with an
error message about missing Wininit.dll.
I've tried booting with the Windows XP Home Edition CD, after setting
BIOS to look for bootup in the CD drive, but that produces the same
error message. I've managed to access Thunderbird via the Task Manager,
to get in touch with what masquerades as the living world.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Gerry Winskill
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