My avast has gone crazy!!

[DoubleDiamond]

minDrWebLiveCD-5.0.3.iso   134 MB   20/09/2010 23:09:00
This is the one to download

Thank you - downloading it now

[DoubleDiamond]

minDrWebLiveCD-5.0.3.iso   134 MB   20/09/2010 23:09:00
This is the one to download

Thank you - downloading it now

And am now getting a burning error. It's really not my day is it?

It's done it now - sorry for the unneeded message

[DoubleDiamond]

minDrWebLiveCD-5.0.3.iso   134 MB   20/09/2010 23:09:00
This is the one to download

I am really sorry to be such a nuisance, but I have inserted the burned cd into the infected pc and cannot see how to open it; all I am getting is a file named *boot* and autoplay option does not work, and there is not a file enabling me to click to launch the scanner

[DavidR]

You have to put the CD in the optical drive and reboot. You also have to enter the BIOS and change the Boot order, so that the first boot drive is the optical drive.

[DoubleDiamond]

You have to put the CD in the optical drive and reboot. You also have to enter the BIOS and change the Boot order, so that the first boot drive is the optical drive.

I'm sorry, I don't have a clue what this means. I only have one disc drive? And where do I find the BIOS?

[Jtaylor83]

What desktop computer do you have (the company brand)?

[DoubleDiamond]

What desktop computer do you have (the company brand)?

There is no brand on it - I got it from a small company that I think builds its own.

[DavidR]

The one disk drive you have, if CD/DVD it is called an optical drive.

The normal way of entering the BIOS for may different motherboard/BIOS settings is by pecking away at the delete key whilst the system is booting. There is software (freeware) that can give you lots of information about your system, System Information for Windows (SIW) http://gtopala.com/siw-download.html, get the portable version as that doesn't require installation' SIW Without Installer (English-Only).

However, finding that information isn't going to help you find and change the BIOS settings, this is an area with risk as these settings could stop your system in its tracks. Given your inexperience I don't know if you should go rummaging in the BIOS.

See, http://www.google.com/search?q=Change+boot+order+in+BIOS there are lots of hits, this is just the first, http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm.

After checking that out you aren't confident to proceed, personally I would leave it alone and get someone with more experience/knowledge to do it.

[DoubleDiamond]

Thanks ever so much to everyone for all their help - I have finally given up and taken it to the doctors. Beans on toast for the next fortnight..

[DavidR]

You're welcome.

Hopefully it won't be too painful.

[Jtaylor83]

I was using AVG and was happy with it until my computer became infected with a virus and AVG was useless in stopping it. The virus essentially bombed the entire OS at which point i had to resort to installing a back up copy i had made. No mare AVG for me. So, in the opinion of those here, what is avast like?

Please start new thread.