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    I need help with my Aspire!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by yct, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. yct

    yct Newbie

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    So... My Acer Aspire 5585WXMi was infected by a trojan horse a while ago...
    I managed to clear off the trojan horse, except now my computer has several problems:
    1. All my CD-ROM Drive Drivers are corrupt
    2. I can't access some system files to install applications
    3. My C-Drive space decreases at a phenomenal rate

    Can someone help me and tell me what I should do?

    Thanks!
     
    yct, Dec 31, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    What antivirus did you use ? Avira and Kaspersky are good.

    Also run a scan with malwarebytes. And run a registry cleaner (CCleaner).

    The CD-ROM is plug n play, so the drivers should be generic. If you can do a clean install that'll be better.
     
    Andy, Dec 31, 2008
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  3. yct

    yct Newbie

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    I ran the registry cleaner, which helped, I think...
    it fixed about 500 problems, so... that was good...

    However, my CD-ROM drivers are still not fixed! I tried taking it off and plugging it again, because it's plug and play, but that didn't work either... Is there a way to fix the driver without a clean install?
     
    yct, Jan 3, 2009
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  4. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Try to uninstall the drivers from the "Device Manager" then restart the computer. Windows should reinstall the drivers on startup.
     
    ATG, Jan 3, 2009
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