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Windows 7 Admin Account Hijacked

Started by auris1 , Apr 18 2013 02:24 PM

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auris1

Posted 18 April 2013 - 02:24 PM

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After a computer restart, i attempted to log in but after repeated attempts and checks, i was unable to log in or correctly enter the pasword. When i saw the password hint i realized my admin account had been hacked. Someone/something had changed the password hint too, and it now says 'Dragon'. I attempted to recover by starting into safemode however when the windows logo disappeared, the standard account login screen was there and i was unable to start in safemode. How can i regain access to my windows 7 operating system? I do not have a windows pasword recovery disk, and also, if it could help, i have ubuntu 12.04 installed alongside windows 7.