meow2222@care2.com wrote:

> Reparing a PC after an attack by viri, sploit & trojan.

You sure it was actually attacked and it wasnt just a hardware problem ?

> Have wiped the hdd good and proper, and now it appears to boot into dos
> (from floppy) ok until the last bit, when it does all it should, but then adds
> ^@ or sometimes ^@^@ on the command line, as if it had been user typed.
> There is no keyboard response at all, have tried swapping kbds.

What happens if you boot that floppy in another system ?

What happens if you boot a Bart PE or Knoppix CD or XP CD in that system ?

> Any clues welcome!