My cousin brought over his pc for me to try to fix for him, it is a Compaq 700 AMD, 256 Ram 20G HD. when I boot it up, before the Desktop's contents can be displayed there is a warning of Spyware detected and that the pc is infected.
1] My first question is, if I were to connect to the net through my network of which I have 3 pc's connected via a Router, is is possible for the virus to spread to any of my other pc's or is there a chance that the virus might remain anywehre in my system?
2] How should I proceed with this? Should I try to get rid of the virus by going to the net and downloading a virus protection software to get rid of it or should I simply reload windows? Please note that because of the virus, going to and doing anything on the net is a very difficult task, if not, impossible becuase of the virus.
Thanks.
1] My first question is, if I were to connect to the net through my network of which I have 3 pc's connected via a Router, is is possible for the virus to spread to any of my other pc's or is there a chance that the virus might remain anywehre in my system?
2] How should I proceed with this? Should I try to get rid of the virus by going to the net and downloading a virus protection software to get rid of it or should I simply reload windows? Please note that because of the virus, going to and doing anything on the net is a very difficult task, if not, impossible becuase of the virus.
Thanks.