Help Please

Dartman · #1 10th Feb 04, 01:32 PM

Hello,Came home after work yesterday to find that the family computer was really messed up. I cant read nothing(its like everything is in wingding font)and with it being like that i can't work my way around at all. Running XPsp1

Bads · #2 10th Feb 04, 02:16 PM

Maybe a virus ??

Last week I have to format my drive because all was really messed up

I tried for several days to repair it but nothing to do. I lose my profile and after that, the taskbar

Cyberion · #3 10th Feb 04, 03:00 PM

Ad-Aware???

KingCobra · #4 10th Feb 04, 10:42 PM

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Cyberion Posted on Feb 10 2004, 08:00 AM
  Ad-Aware??? 

Yes I would be interested in the results of an updated SpyBot Search & Destroy and Adaware.

Dartman · #5 10th Feb 04, 10:45 PM

Thx for the replies i'm going to try nortons first and then adware. Keeping my fingers crossed

Dartman · #6 11th Feb 04, 01:14 AM

Well I did the nortons and adware no luck so i went searching for my Fonts in windows what fun that was looking at wingdings

and when i found it,the folder was empty

I clicked back and the computer stalled for a second or two, then i could read everything in the Windows folder but the header was still in wingding font and the desktop too. so any help at this point would be gr8

thixon · #7 11th Feb 04, 05:09 AM

I had the exact same problem.
I found my fonts under Winnt, but not under windows.

Eventually I had to re-install XP.

KingCobra · #8 11th Feb 04, 11:13 AM

I assume when you ran Adaware, you had already downloaded the most recent sig files? Did you also run SpyBot Search & Destroy and it wouldn't hurt to also run SpywareBlaster. I run all three, because sometimes one of them are ahead of the other on sig updates. They are all freeware.

Code:

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Code:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Sephiroth · #9 11th Feb 04, 08:27 PM

is it every font on the computer? like folder / file labels, addresses you type in ie, etc. etc., or just certain things? could you post a screenshot of what you mean exactly?

lickablepig · #10 13th Feb 04, 07:28 PM

Does anyone else have access to ur box? As in mischievous prank?

Dartman did you try last known good? If the restore feature is turned on you could always try that first before you consider reinstalling.