subject: How To Recover Windows Xp Files When The System Is Infected By Tvmedia Spyware [print this page] Installing a third-party program such as TVMedia in your Windows XP system can sometimes land you in trouble. This program gets installed by spyware programs or during ActiveX installation. It is basically an adware itself that collects your browsing information and sends it to the main servers. Also, it downloads updates and other malicious programs to corrupt your system. In addition, it can make your Windows XP system inaccessible after installing Service Pack 2 in it. In such situations, you should use appropriate corrective measures to resolve the issue. If the problem is not fixed, then you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to recover Windows files.
Consider a scenario wherein you have installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 in your existing Windows XP system. However, when you start the system it repeatedly restarts. An error message is displayed, that is:
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer...
Technical information:
STOP: c0000135 {Unable To Locate Component}
This application has failed to start because winsrv was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
Cause:
There could be the following causes of such situation:
You have installed T.V. Media (TvMedia.tvmbho) from Total Velocity Corporation on your system. As discussed earlier, this program is not compatible with Windows XP SP 2 installer.
The Critical Update 885523 is not installed on your system.
Resolution:
To resolve this situation, you should perform the following
Install Critical Update 885523: You should download and install the Critical Update 885523 to successfully address compatibility issue between the program and Windows XP.
Remove T.V. Media manually: You should manually remove the TV Media program by modifying the related Registry entries. However, you should modify the registry entries under supervision of some skilled technician.
The aforementioned methods would be able to fix the problem. However, at times these methods may not guarantee the safety of the valuable data. In such cases, you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to recover Windows data. Such partition recovery tools are read-only in nature and use fast yet sophisticated scanning algorithms to recover data.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a Windows data recovery software that recovers Windows files from FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file systems. It recovers lost, deleted, formatted, or inaccessible files from various storage media such as hard drives, pen drives, iPods, etc. In addition, this partition recovery utility is able to restore deleted emails from Outlook Express and MS Outlook. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.
