"Malke" wrote:

> chance7 wrote:
>
> > Hi I would appreciate if any one could provide me information about my
> > problem. Today all of a sudden my background desktop changed into a
> > "Warning ! your computer might be infected with spyware or adware". So
> > I decided to go to ww.downloads.com and download Ad-Aware 6.0 and I
> > donwloaded it then I went to open it and I get a window that pops up
> > and says " Application Error, The application failed to initialize
> > properly Error (0xc0000005). And ever since I cannot open some
> > programs but some do like Mozzila Firefox (current browser I'm using).
> > I have no way to open any spyware remover programs or any programs
> > that I download. If any one could provide me with some help I would
> > truly appreciate it. -Thanks, Joe-
>
> Here are general malware removal steps. Go through them systematically,
> using updated tools in Safe Mode. Obviously, you will need to get the
> tools from a different, known-clean computer with an Internet
> connection and a cd burner (or have a usb thumbdrive with enough
> capacity to transfer the programs and updates).
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>
> Malke
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> "Don't Panic"
>
I get 0xc0000005 as an app error when XP home ed is trying to start up.
A page appears and asks me to try restarting either in; Safe mode, from last
safe configuration, normally etc. None work, I still cannot get Windows XP to
run.
Is it terminal?