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Virus got me BAD! [RESOLVED], Virus changed my file extensions
Dinofish
post Sep 9 2005, 07:55 AM
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Hi,

After reading and doing all the "do before you post", I thought I had it licked. But in the end, it got me BAD! When the virus originally kicked in, my Ad-ware log got filled and I noticed that all .exe, .lnk, .pif and .reg would only open it notepad. With some help from the internet I download some file that gave me some control back. I then restored my registry and everything seemed ok until I reboot. Same thing kept happening. In the end I disabled system restore, ran Ewido, enabled system restore an rebooted. Everything came up fine excluding Ad-ware. When I activated the program, the virus came back. I restored my registry, uninstalled Ad-ware, disabled system restore, ran Ewido, enabled system restore and rebooted. My problem now is that I can not get in. As soon as the XP screen appears it kicks me back to the screen where I can choose safe mode, or last know command or normal boot. None of these work. I can't get in! Can you help me???
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- Dinofish   Virus got me BAD! [RESOLVED]   Sep 9 2005, 07:55 AM
- - Metallica   Please follow the procedure here: http://www.geeks...   Sep 15 2005, 12:58 PM
- - Dinofish   Hello, Thank you for helping me. When I purchase...   Sep 15 2005, 02:07 PM
- - Metallica   Can you remember if a file called userinit or mayb...   Sep 16 2005, 11:53 AM
- - Dinofish   I do not remember seeing those files. I have also...   Sep 16 2005, 12:46 PM
- - Metallica   Oh. That was good thinking. Can you check on t...   Sep 16 2005, 01:02 PM
- - Dinofish   Hi, Thanks for your help. Yes, they are both in ...   Sep 16 2005, 01:45 PM
- - Metallica   OK. Then it probably is the registry that has the ...   Sep 16 2005, 02:19 PM
- - Dinofish   System.log file does not exist in c:\windows...   Sep 16 2005, 05:16 PM
- - Metallica   Ugh. That doesn't make it any easier. Can ...   Sep 18 2005, 03:09 AM
- - Dinofish   Hello, Yes, there is a system.log file (1 kb in...   Sep 18 2005, 08:27 PM
- - Metallica   If you rename the .log file to .txt it will not be...   Sep 19 2005, 11:38 AM
- - Dinofish   Here you go...   Sep 19 2005, 05:41 PM
- - Metallica   Nothing wrong with that. Can you do the same for ...   Sep 20 2005, 11:43 AM
- - Dinofish   Hi Attached if the ntuser.dat.log from the Repa...   Sep 20 2005, 08:02 PM
- - Metallica   OK. That looks usefull. Rename Systemprofile_NTUS...   Sep 21 2005, 01:28 PM
- - Dinofish   Ok, thanks. I'll try that tonite when I get h...   Sep 22 2005, 12:08 PM
- - Metallica   Keep me posted.   Sep 22 2005, 12:31 PM
- - Dinofish   I did what you said but was not able to log in; sa...   Sep 22 2005, 08:25 PM
- - Metallica   Can you see if you have this file: c:\windows...   Sep 23 2005, 08:31 AM
- - Dinofish   I searched my entire C drive. This file does not e...   Sep 23 2005, 10:11 AM
- - Metallica   Which files are there in the Repair folder? Regar...   Sep 23 2005, 12:03 PM
- - Dinofish   I answered that one in a previous post. "This...   Sep 23 2005, 10:05 PM
- - Metallica   There should be more yes, but maybe we can manipul...   Sep 24 2005, 05:24 AM
- - Dinofish   Here you go...   Sep 24 2005, 12:15 PM
- - Metallica   Can you add this line machine\software\m...   Sep 25 2005, 04:35 AM
- - Dinofish   The line has been added. The Autoexec.bat file is ...   Sep 25 2005, 07:50 AM
|- - Metallica   QUOTE(Dinofish @ Sep 25 2005, 03:50 PM)The li...   Sep 25 2005, 09:09 AM
- - Dinofish   I tried rebooting but no such luck. Do you think ...   Sep 25 2005, 07:52 PM
- - Metallica   The problem is that rebuilding the regsitry from t...   Sep 26 2005, 12:02 PM
- - Dinofish   I have seen that with XP Pro but not on the Home E...   Sep 26 2005, 12:08 PM
- - Metallica   But you did have System Restore enabled on that co...   Sep 26 2005, 12:27 PM
- - Dinofish   Yes system restore was enabled. Back in my first p...   Sep 26 2005, 12:54 PM
- - Metallica   Is the program you used called AdAware? Hoping you...   Sep 26 2005, 01:06 PM
- - Dinofish   I un-installed Lavasoft Ad-aware program, so I won...   Sep 26 2005, 02:41 PM
- - Dinofish   All Ad-Aware programs including backups have been ...   Sep 26 2005, 06:46 PM
- - Dinofish   Last night I think I narrowed my boot up problem t...   Sep 27 2005, 11:48 AM
- - Dinofish   Last night I think I narrowed my boot up problem t...   Sep 27 2005, 12:27 PM
- - Dinofish   Sorry 'bout the double post... I'll be ...   Sep 27 2005, 12:30 PM
- - Metallica   No problem. I'll have to ask if the option yo...   Sep 27 2005, 12:39 PM
- - Metallica   Answer from one of our "supertechs" ...   Sep 28 2005, 12:41 PM
- - Dinofish   I have already tried this. The problem is I do not...   Sep 28 2005, 02:14 PM
- - Metallica   One of the Trusted Techs said we should have repla...   Sep 29 2005, 12:20 PM
- - Dinofish   I would replaced all 5 if I had them. So are you ...   Sep 29 2005, 12:33 PM
- - Metallica   Let's wait for a few more suggestions from the...   Sep 29 2005, 12:55 PM
- - Dinofish   I've got an idea Because I have backups of...   Sep 30 2005, 08:33 PM
- - Metallica   Is that a full backup of the registry? Regards,   Oct 1 2005, 05:51 AM
- - Dinofish   I checked it out. It contains the 5 hives plus the...   Oct 1 2005, 03:59 PM
- - Metallica   I think so, but we have to figure out a way to act...   Oct 2 2005, 06:21 AM
- - Dinofish   I tried what you asked and it did not work. The au...   Oct 3 2005, 01:02 PM
|- - Metallica   QUOTE(Dinofish @ Oct 3 2005, 09:02 PM)Have yo...   Oct 3 2005, 01:21 PM
- - Metallica   QUOTE(darth_ash @ Oct 4 2005, 01:39 AM)I just...   Oct 4 2005, 12:16 PM
- - Dinofish   I'll give it another try and try to boot into ...   Oct 4 2005, 12:51 PM
- - Dinofish   It failed again and again. The repair folder is mi...   Oct 5 2005, 05:44 AM
- - darth_ash   Hi Dinofish, The hives in the repair folder are th...   Oct 5 2005, 03:41 PM
- - Dinofish   Hello Darth Ash, To be exact I installed XP Pr...   Oct 5 2005, 04:00 PM
- - Dinofish   Darth Ash, I was successful getting into safemode...   Oct 6 2005, 11:27 AM
- - Dinofish   Great news!! I got in. By upgrading to Pro...   Oct 10 2005, 06:39 PM
- - Metallica   Excellent job. Thanks for your assistance darth_as...   Oct 11 2005, 11:34 AM
- - Metallica   Before you follow the instructions below, make sur...   Oct 11 2005, 11:37 AM
- - Dinofish   I did as you asked. Here is my Hijackthis file. ...   Oct 12 2005, 04:30 AM
- - Metallica   I don't think so. They are quite common and I ...   Oct 12 2005, 11:56 AM
- - Dinofish   I guess not if everything looks good. (Though I ha...   Oct 12 2005, 12:12 PM
- - Metallica   Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this T...   Oct 12 2005, 12:31 PM

 

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