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How do I find out what virus I have and get rid of it??

Asked by angelori in Anti-Virus Applications

Tags: i, do, find, out, virus

I am working on a PC running WXP Professional.  It does NOT have any of the MS security patches, or anti-virus software right now.  I try to install McAfee's virus protection 8.0, but it tells me the winsock is wrong version, and asks me to download the new one.  I cannot download ANYTHING because the PC cannot access the network right now.  Here are the symptoms:

If the PC is connecte to the network (uses Adelphia cable modem), the PC is so bogged down you cannot do anything.
Cannot access the internet.
In taskmgr, I see weird processes showing up.  I kill them, and they rename themselves and start again.  I have disabled them in MSConfig, but they come back.
Got some kind of messages about Wupdate.exe
This virus (whatever) makes it so that I cannot press anything on the task bar.  Although, I can run taskmgr, msconfig and regedit if I start them from taskmgr.
Ran McAfee Stinger, and the Spybot killer from Norton, and it found nothing.  I ran both in safe mode also, and still nothing.
Since I cannot install the McAfee software, and cannot access the internet, I don't know what else to try.
 
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