[charles.actuary]

Well I think we may have got rid of Shopperz, but I'm now having difficulty starting the laptop normally.

 

I'm now fairly sure that, the previous time I ran FRST (ie the previous log I sent you) was not done from a boot from USB.  Although I had changed the boot order to boot from USB HDD before booting from the laptop's hard disk, I think that this didn't have any effect because Secure Boot was enabled within the BIOS.  This time, I disabled Secure Boot, and the machine booted from the USB stick, as far as I can tell.  I ran FRST, and the log is below.

 

I then tried to restart the machine.  If I restart without the USB stick inserted, I get the following text:

 

Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v15.6.1

[Copyright notices]

 

CLIENT MAC ADDR: F8 A9 63 05 26 16  GUID: 7D0F8EB ADAD 11E3 8FFF F8A963052616

PXE-E53: No boot filename received

 

PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.

No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

 

 

If alternatively I start with the USB stick inserted, the laptop does start.  It asks me to choose a keyboard layout, which I do.  It then asks to choose an option, either "Troubleshoot" or "Turn off your PC".  The Troubleshoot options are "Refresh your PC", "Reset your PC" or "Advanced options".  The advanced options are "System Restore", "System Image Recovery", "Startup Repair" or "Command Prompt".  Going into Command Prompt and doing a couple of "dir" commands, I was able to establish that there is no longer a Shopperz directory within C:\Program files.  However I don't know what to do to get back into the BIOS and return the normal boot order.

 

Are we nearly there?

 

Charles

 

 

 

Fix result of Farbar Recovery Tool (FRST written by Farbar) (x64) Version: 17-12-2014

Ran by SYSTEM at 2015-02-08 20:51:18 Run:4

Running from D:\

Boot Mode: Recovery

==============================================

 

Content of fixlist:

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S2 csrcc; C:\Program Files\shopperz\csrcc.exe [1449352 2015-01-26] ()

2015-02-07 14:13 - 2015-02-07 14:13 - 00013312 _____ () C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\vdizmze5.sys

2015-02-07 14:13 - 2015-02-07 14:13 - 00007168 _____ () C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\utizmze5.sys

2015-02-07 09:40 - 2015-02-07 09:40 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\avz4

2015-02-07 09:38 - 2015-02-07 09:38 - 09370136 _____ () C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\avz4.zip

2015-02-06 13:58 - 2015-02-06 13:58 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Users\Franny\AppData\Roaming\EMCO

2015-02-06 13:55 - 2015-02-06 13:55 - 39893688 _____ (EMCO Software) C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\MoveOnBootSetup.exe

2015-02-06 10:45 - 2015-02-06 10:45 - 00002118 _____ () C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\Add_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg

2015-02-04 10:37 - 2015-02-04 10:32 - 00401920 _____ (Farbar) C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\MiniToolBox (1).exe

2015-01-30 07:20 - 2015-02-02 01:29 - 00000000 ____D () C:\Program Files\shopperz

 

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csrcc => Service deleted successfully.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\vdizmze5.sys => Moved successfully.

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\utizmze5.sys => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\avz4 => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\avz4.zip => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\AppData\Roaming\EMCO => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\MoveOnBootSetup.exe => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\Add_Take_Ownership_with_Pause_to_context_menu.reg => Moved successfully.

C:\Users\Franny\Desktop\MiniToolBox (1).exe => Moved successfully.

C:\Program Files\shopperz => Moved successfully.

 

==== End of Fixlog ====

 

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From the recovery USB could you select Automatic Repair and then allow it to reboot

[Essexboy]

From the recovery USB could you select Automatic Repair and then allow it to reboot

[charles.actuary]

I selected Startup repair, but got the message "Startup repair couldn't repair your PC"

[Essexboy]

That appears to have been badly rooted into the system

Could you try system restore and go to one of the restore points set by FRST

If that fails then we are looking at a refresh http://www.gizmag.co...sh-reset/32801/

[charles.actuary]

System Restore doesn't get me anywhere.  There is a message:

 

To use System Restore, you must specify which Windows installation to restore.  Restart this computer, select an operating system and then select System Restore.

 

Shall I have a go at a refresh?

[Essexboy]

Aye this will retain all the personal data etc..

[charles.actuary]

I get a message:

 

The drive where Windows is installed is locked.  Unlock the drive and try again.

 

Next move?

[Essexboy]

Remove the USB and turn off the computer and then unplug it. Leave it for a few minutes
Then boot from the USB again and select refresh

[charles.actuary]

I get the same message.

[Essexboy]

OK I have been checking out that error code and it looks like it may have corrupted the MBR

From the command prompt on the recovery console type the following command and press enter :

chkdsk c: /r

On completion try a normal boot

[charles.actuary]

Still not booting up.  I get messages:

 

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable

PXE-M0F: Exiting Broadcom PXE R0M,

No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

[Essexboy]

OK that means the MBR is messed, before I do the next step which is to rebuild the MBR could you let me know if you have a recovery partition on the computer as this may mess that up. If you are not sure what is the make and model of the computer

[charles.actuary]

I'm not sure.  The computer is an Acer Aspire E1-570.

[Essexboy]

Could you reboot the computer and as soon as it starts the acer splash screen Press "Alt-F10" let me know what menu appears

[charles.actuary]

Alt-f10 doesn't seem to have any effect.  I tried several times, but each time got the error messages and the "No bootable device" message.  

 

NB I assume you wanted me to try a normal boot and not one from the USB stick.  But just in case, I also tried booting from the USB stick, and got the same sequence of screens that I have had previously.

 

Charles