Transfer FROM Windows 7 To Vista

ok basically i have a Win 7 laptop that has a virus and 103 GB of files to move using easy transfer but on my vista pc it only gives it the option of the "old" pc so wont let me transfer my files any help with this? i want to move the files from the win 7 pc to the vista then back again after the format :/
thanks

 

I would’t transfer any files from a Virus infected computer to another computer under any circumstances as most likely you will infect the other PC.

According to information I gathered “Windows Easy Transfer enables you to transfer data to Windows Vista-based computers from computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.” So it sounds like it won’t work with Windows 7.

Why don’t you install an anti-virus program and try to disinfect your pc? You can find a list of free programs here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=190538. I reccommend MSE for virus and Malwarebytes for anti-spyware. I would run both.

If you are indeed going to transfer the files to your other computer, I still don’t recommend it, you could do so easily over a LAN if both of your computers are connected to your router without any other software. You just need to set up your home network. I suggested the LAN as I suspect that you don’t have an external HD, that would be the easiest.

 

as soon as you transfer files the virus will go with them. what virus is it saying youve got. trojan i guess.
what anti virus are you running?
if one antivirus wont clear it then another one might do.
try one at a time,avast,avg,microsoft suite. all free.
also have you got your firewall on?

 

I had a trojan but it installed some fake antivirus that is a virus in its own right :/

 

name of fake antivirus would help us advise you further.

 

Your Protection i got rid of the other and one that seems to be unnamed also when i ran a scan in spyware doctor it crashed at 30% and windows had a fatal error and rebooted after 1 minute it has done this 3-4 times

 

Try downloading Malwarebytes I mentioned in the free software link above. See if that can clean the system without the fatal error and reboot.

 

thank you ill try it now

 

Why?

That simply is not correct. Viruses do not infect files. They are files, or more accurately, programs.

Like all programs, they need to "start" to do whatever it is they are programmed to do, and invariably, it starts just like any other program or windows componant --by installing a startup file or setting in windows many startup methods.

Maybe a shortcut in the startup folder, maybe a setting in the registry, maybe a driver file, maybe a control panel applet--it doesn't matter really.

You could take a computer with a hundred active viruses on it, pull the harddrive, and drop it into another computer without any adverse impact (boot sector virus not included) on the new computer and drag 100gb of MP3s over.

Viruses are not magic, they are not sentient. They are just programs. And a program that has not started is just a file.

To the OP.

Before you go all crazy reinstalling your system, did you even try system restore? A few viruses disbale system restore, but 90 percent of the crap out there are simple things that insert a startup setting into the registry and block you from removing it. A system restore sets your computer back to before the infection, prevents the virus from loading, and then your standard AV program can wipe them out easily.

 

thank you im doing a full scan now ill post back my end result

and yes i did try a restore but it did nothing :/ ill do my scan then if a few stay back ill use file assassin see if that helps if not i guess ill do a re-install i really do not get why people make these things :/

 

also load these as they are always good to have

spybot search and destroy

cc cleaner

and only one of these as more than one will clash.

avg free antivirus

avast free antivirus

free microsoft security essentials

 

Am doing and thanks for this MrDj

Anyones opinion on the best antivirus?

 

i had avg free loded on my clevo which i upgraded to pro but now the year is up ive loaded avast free for a month but now upgraded to the pro on that but to be honnest the free version is fine as long as you turn windows firewall on as well.

there are so many and everyone has there own preferences.

 

Then what do you call an infestation of a file such as Excel files. When I worked in the HD industry we regularly received Excel files from overseas with production data. These files often contained infestations that migrated to other Excel files after opening them. I call that a virus, but admit I could be wrong in the naming. They usually attached themselves as a macro within the file if I remember correctly. Every computer we sent the infected file to became infected. It was simple to remove the infestation with a program but nevertheless other computers got infected by the transfer of only the Excel file.

 

Avast (my fav) and Microsoft Security Updates. Avira used to be my fav, but I dislike the newest version.

 

Thanks and a quick scan got rid off the Fake antiviruses malwarebytes did in one quick scan what spyware doctor couldn't at all and ill stick with avast and give it another twirl

 

Not only that, but some viruses have been known to hide themselves by disguising themselves as document files. Granted in those cases that is only to hide the code, as it takes an additional vector (typically a registry entry) to invoke that code.

But the point is, it never hurts to scan all files on and infected machine.

Gary

 

Im going to do a couple of full system scans thanks again i couldn't have done this without you people at NBR

 

They are macros...specifically, they are visual basic for application programs.

I'd like to see one of those files, but I suspect that those who are shipping you those files have an infected excel template...

Each time they make a worksheet, they are recreating the macro.

Again, viruses are not voodoo. You need to understand how computers work. I have taken literally hundreds of infected harddrives and dropped them into another machine to clean them without ever infecting the new machine.

To propagate, the virus needs to be running. To be running, something needs to run it. Simply existing on a harddrive is not enough to spread.

When you load the spreadsheet, you are telling the ingrained macro virus to RUN. If you had the spreadsheet on your computer and never opened it, it would never run and be effectively inert. Likewise, viruses on a second harddrive that are not told to run when Windows starts up will be no more dangerous than dirt.