Quick restore, Trojan Seeker, all kinds of problems!

Warning: I need a buncha help and I'm not sure why!
Basically, my pc has been running very poorly and I've been experiencing a variety of problems. It started with my printer. I have a Compaq Presario 5140 and a Canon BJC-250 printer. All of sudden I lost my LPT1 port and experienced problems reinstalling drivers for that and other ports. I needed a Windows 98 CD ROM. I fixed those problems (hopefully). I noticed when I tried to just use the Quick Restore, it wouldn't load. The screen would flash up then disappear. When I restart the computer, it flashes "PLEASE INSERT QUICK RESTORE CD" but it's already there! I downloaded a virus scan, and it says my pc is infected with Popups and Trojan.Seeker. To fix these problems I dled McAfee Utilities, but even those programs seem to fail me! I don't know what to do in order to fix these problems or why I even experienced them in the first place! Could it be the virus or the popups? Is my system eternally messed up?! Someone please take the time to help me, I'd be very grateful. Thanks for taking all this time to read this post!! I'd really appreciate any response! Thanks again!

See my post below yours. I just got hit with the js.seeker and luckily Kaspersky caught it! whew! Your theory of pop ads is intriguing and wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason (or its my DSL) because I've been swatting popups all week.

I think I deleted the file that contained it, will that get rid of it? Is the trojan thingy responsible for all my other problems?

May be the root of your problems. If you must use your quickrestore disk, this is how I done mine. Remember to backup your important stuff first.

Turn on PC, insert quick restore disk and restart. Follow the prompts.

Good luck,
medic

Help! It says I now also have Trojan.AppActXComp!!!!!!!! Is it even worth trying to fix everything wrong with my pc? Should I just chuck this one!?

hfssweety
do not chuck your computer those trojans can be removed. What you need to do is get a good trojan removal tool. If you will go to HTTP://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data type in the name of the trojan that is coming up and it should remove it.

[This message has been edited by RunnersDad (edited 03-18-2002).]

you could try Tauscan, www.agnitum.com,it detects an removes trojans