Think i've picked up a virus on my laptop. Its got Norton antivirus 2005 (updated regularly), but when (if) it starts up, i get strange stripes/odd pixels on the desktop, and a sort of ghosting effect where any closed windows were. It runs slow, and then locks up completely after about 10mins. I've run the hardware diagnostic from the BIOS screen (no problems shown), but I cant get anywhere with Windows (safe mode or normal).
Question is, how do I find/remove the virus if I cant get into Windows or run the Norton software to fix it?
Don't know if this is related but the wife says she got a strange page appear whilst on Ebay yeterday, something to do with updating browser settings, she says.
Any help would be appreciated cos my Clifford wizzard software and lead arrived yesterday and I want to play!!