What about F8 before the windows logo comes up, then Safe mode, then you can use winmsd or sysinternals autoruns to disable all the bad stuff. Hopefully while in safe mode you can run the scan with your tools via a stick or cd, and if not, as long as you remove enough junk from starting at normal boot, it may come up and be responsive enough for you to run a scan while it's started normally to begin cleaning things up.
Did this yesterday for a friend - what a mess...
Don K
From: John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>
To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 8:01:47 AM
Subject: Bootable Vipre Rescue
I know there was talk here awhile back about a “bootable” Vipre Rescue. Has that ever come to fruition? I’ve got a laptop our CEO brought into me to clean and it’s not wanting to respond to a CTL+ALT+DEL at the desktop, and the hard drive is thrashing! L He seems to think it’s badly infested, and wants me to clean it.
