Trojan worm on WD1600 XP Home

Try deleting the partitions. You can use any Windows install disc to accomplish this if the HP won't.

For manual deletion you need is fdisk.exe and possibly format.com and at the command prompt.

Use a good and updated Antivirus software to Scan, detect, remove and quarantine Trojans and worms and other Viruses or Mal wares. Trojans are sent by hackers to steal information to different machine from external media to invade your privacy. The worms are also intended toward destroying the data on machines and to cause problems. Worms can multiply themselves on machines and are somewhat slow to infect.

This usually happens if the printing drivers are corrupted or does not respond when the PC is running. this could be complicated issue but the basic step would be to try this fix from microsoft

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2000007

ur harddrive couldnot be formatted probably due to the infection of virus.
try this use window xp and connect ur hard drive open task manager by Pressing CTRL + ALT + DELETE

click on the process tab a list of all the processes going on will come,there u will find a process named explorer.exe

right click on it and select end process tree click yes

after that click on applications tab and click new task

enter explorer.exe on textbox and click ok.

now dont open ur external hardrive ,open mycomputer then quickly format ur hard drive.

Internet Security 2010 manual removal:Kill processes:
IS2010.exe 41.exe winlogon86.exe winupdate86.exe HELP:
how to kill malicious processes
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IS2010
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Internet Security 2010"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "winupdate86.exe"


HELP:
how to remove registry entries
Unregister DLLs:
winhelper86.dll
HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs
Delete files:
IS2010.exe 41.exe winhelper86.dll winlogon86.exe winupdate86.exe Internet Security 2010.lnk HELP:
how to remove harmful files
Delete directories:
C:\s
C:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\

Hi,

Did you format the whole drive?

If you didn't fully format the drive then the Recovery Partition could still be intact.

Start the laptop up and at the splash screen keep tapping F10 or ALT+F10 and if the Recovery Partition is intact the laptop will start the recovery process, if you get a message say BOOT EXECUTE/NO then the partition is not there.

You have 2 options now:

1. Call Acer and get a set of recovery disc's, will cost approx between £20-60 for a set of discs.
2. Buy a copy of XP home edition and then download all the drivers for your hardware.

Thanks

Obviously, you want to save files from the computer; any files transferred to another system could infect that system.

If you really need those files I would recommend downloading an Ubuntu ISO and burning it to a CD. This gives you to boot to an operating system from a Compact Disc.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Ubuntu Linux has the ability to browse the Windows hard drive, if needed, transfer the files off the partition. You can burn the files from Ubuntu, if you have two Disc Drives, move the files on to a Flash Drive, or you can transfer them across your home network. Beware, this can spread the damage to other systems that do not have active virus protection.
Seriously, you need Norton, McAfee, or AVG Free at the least; these programs can intercept virus like activity as it happens in the memory. Furthermore, a script blocker like Noscript, Ad-aware, or MS Windows Defender can help prevent Spyware/Trojans/Variants from installing when you browse a untrusted site.

Once you have backed up the files you want to save you'll need to use your system recovery disc to format the hard drive and reinstall the operating system on your laptop.

try using the dynamic drive overlay supplied with the drive? Your MB may not be able to handle it.

Well, in your case your external may corrupt. The solution is format the drive and then try some so-called data recovery software. After finishing the format option. Do it as follows.

Connect your hard drive to your personal computer. And install this software Wondershare Data Recovery on the computer in order to perform data recovery. Get the program from its site.
data recovery (for Windows OS)
Mac data recovery (for Mac OS X)

Good luck. I hope that my reply has shed some light on the problem!

first, have a WIN XP startup disk...created by (in windows)  inserting floppy and right clicking choosing format and select option "create MSDOS startup disk"

first backup all personal files...then restart and bypass to DOS screen at startup...try using F8 key just after BIOS screen...then select startup to DOS prompt only...then run (from the floppy disc) format c:

now you should have a nearly bare hard drive. repeat above steps and this time choose "startup using CDROM drivers"...then insert CDROM and redirect to that drive letter (d drive?) and run setup.exe.