Repair Install Vista over Vista question

Hi
I must have downloaded a virus/trogan/malware because system restore
and my Microsoft office suite won't work and I've been googling
looking for a fix, but with no success so far

Is it possibe to run a repair of Vista rather than a full re-install?
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Martin
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Hi,

Doing a repair install (or in-place upgrade) will not remove a virus or
trojan. You need to either concentrate on actually removing the malware or
backup data and start with a clean install.

Start with cleanup tools from malwarebytes.org and superantispyware.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net" wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
> I must have downloaded a virus/trogan/malware because system restore
> and my Microsoft office suite won't work and I've been googling
> looking for a fix, but with no success so far
>
> Is it possibe to run a repair of Vista rather than a full re-install?
> --
> Martin
> ©¿©¬

On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:30:14 -0500, "Rick Rogers" <>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Doing a repair install (or in-place upgrade) will not remove a virus or
>trojan. You need to either concentrate on actually removing the malware or
>backup data and start with a clean install.
>
>Start with cleanup tools from malwarebytes.org and superantispyware.

Thanks Rick
I have used malwarebytes, Nod 32 AV, & Spybot
malware & Spybot found & removed one item each
I have also re-activated system restore in the registry, but it is
still not working, and office says it is not on the computer
I tried to re-install, but it failed!

It looks like I've got the opportunity to go back to XP
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Martin
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To follow up, I did a system restore in safe mode & everything is
working again <hip, hip>
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Martin
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:18:04 +0000, Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:30:14 -0500, "Rick Rogers" <>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Doing a repair install (or in-place upgrade) will not remove a virus or
>>trojan. You need to either concentrate on actually removing the malware or
>>backup data and start with a clean install.
>>
>>Start with cleanup tools from malwarebytes.org and superantispyware.
>
>Thanks Rick
>I have used malwarebytes, Nod 32 AV, & Spybot
>malware & Spybot found & removed one item each
>I have also re-activated system restore in the registry, but it is
>still not working, and office says it is not on the computer
>I tried to re-install, but it failed!
>
>It looks like I've got the opportunity to go back to XP

Are you also using Norton Internet Security? Please see my post on this which
is newer then yours today.

"Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net" wrote:

> Hi
> I must have downloaded a virus/trogan/malware because system restore
> and my Microsoft office suite won't work and I've been googling
> looking for a fix, but with no success so far
>
> Is it possibe to run a repair of Vista rather than a full re-install?
> --
> Martin
> ©¿©¬
>

On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:32:05 -0800, Tony UK
<> wrote:

>Are you also using Norton Internet Security? Please see my post on this which
>is newer then yours today.

NO, I wouldn't have Norton anywhere near my system
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Martin
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>
>"Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I must have downloaded a virus/trogan/malware because system restore
>> and my Microsoft office suite won't work and I've been googling
>> looking for a fix, but with no success so far
>>
>> Is it possibe to run a repair of Vista rather than a full re-install?
>> --
>> Martin
>> ©¿©¬
>>