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U-kash virus on Toshiba laptop
Having acquired the above virus, I cannot now access my laptop at all. I am denied access to Task Manager and to any variety of Safe Mode.
The machine is a Toshiba C650-15Z and came with Win 7 Home Premium (and all the usual bloatware) pre-installed. On first aquisition, I created a Win 7 64bit Repair Disc and the two Toshiba Recovery Media discs. Unfortunately, the virus seems to prevent first reading from the DVD drive.
The laptop was becoming a little sluggish and I had already considered re-installing using a Win 7 Home Premium disc from my desk top machine and and the Product Key from the laptop. However, since a virus is involved, I did not wish to risk infecting this disc too so have not yet proceeded and, in any case, access to the DVD drive appears to be denied.
Is there a way forward please?