Desperate! Virus?!

[rwinegar]

I turned my computer on tonight and check disc began running. All I could see were a bunch of dll files flying by and the word "orphan". Now nothing works. Many of my programs are disabled including Mcafee AV program and system restore. I can't scan for viruses and I can't do a system restore. Last good configuration did not help. I have an image of my hard drive created by Drive Image on another hard drive, but when I try to restore the image, a great many of the files cannot be restored - Almost all dll files. I just ran an online virus scan using Command on Demand AV and it found no viruses. I have McAfee installed and I update the dat files every week so I don't understand how I could get a virus. I am running Symantec on line scan now.

I am desperate for help. It appears my computer is really hosed.

Dell 8200 P4 512 ram Win XP Home

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[sting]

Have you tried going into safe mode and running some scans?

look here

[rwinegar]

I just ran Symantec online virus scan. It found no virus.

[Jubal]

Sounds like a cleaner of some sort is running amok. Maybe a registry cleaner, or possibly a Disk Cleanup program. Can't think of anything else that looks for orphans.

[billmanhart]

I'm sorry, I don't have an answer for the original question. However, I would like to ask "What is an orphan?"

[sting]

orphan files are files that you really dont need anymore.... example is you get rid of a program that you once had, it leaves behind files that are no longer needed.... Thats just one example

[billmanhart]

Oh, okay! Thanks!

It seems no matter how careful I am, I always learn something at VirtualDr! Darn!