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| Thread ID: 120070 | 2011-08-24 01:36:00 | PC Wont boot | nedkelly (9059) | Press F1 |
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| 1225508 | 2011-08-24 03:32:00 | Blimey some of you people give up easy here. Could be one little file like I mentioned above in post #9 could be IE causing the problem, and every one wants to reinstall :groan: If its not IE, then there are still a few options. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1225509 | 2011-08-24 03:42:00 | All true Wainui, but it could also still have the Fake antivirus and take the next few days trying various fixes to remove it and still not be sure it was really gone..... I'd suggest trying Wainui's little IE8 tip, seems like a likely suspect, then if it works booting up and running MBAM etc as previously suggested. But given that I can do an attended windows install and fully update it in a couple of hours how much time is it worth putting in to fixing the infected machine? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1225510 | 2011-08-24 09:58:00 | Ok I am going to try Wainui's suggestion tomorrow. Will let you know how it goes. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1225511 | 2011-08-24 10:10:00 | .. But given that I can do an attended windows install and fully update it in a couple of hours how much time is it worth putting in to fixing the infected machine? And you are sure of a 100% clean, working system. :) |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1225512 | 2011-08-24 11:38:00 | If it is IE that's stopping it from booting, and it does now boot OK, download and Run Super antispyware in full scan mode - They have done a few upgrades lately, (version 5) and the newer version is damn good at removing some of the previous "hard to remove" malware. There are plenty of reason why XP wont boot, several options to fix as well, obviously going by a previous post # 3 a complete reinstall is not really a preferred option. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1225513 | 2011-08-25 09:21:00 | Ok I did 1101 and Wainui's suggestions and I am now able to get to the desktop. Am now running MBAM from my flash drive to scan it |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1225514 | 2011-08-25 10:06:00 | Sweet :clap -- good it worked and you are back in business as the saying goes. A suggestion, run the following scanners in full scan modes (no particular order), also disable system restore: Malware bytes Super antispyware Spybot S & D Trojan Remover Super antispyware has vastly improved in Version 5 both in detection and speed, doing a customers PC today, 1200 was the count (some were cookies etc) Malware bytes and TR were clean after super had run, still got Spybot to go, and then Nod32 ----Will be interesting to see what that finds, just a few hours of scanning ---- oh the joys of watching paint dry :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1225515 | 2011-08-25 10:40:00 | Ok I ran MBAM twice but I need to move the hdd to another box that has network. I will be doing this tomorrow. |
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