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Brian Carlton 11-10-2009 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by powerpig (Post 2335885)
It took several hours. Manually edited the registry and had malwarebytes launch via another executable. That got around the malware preventing it from running. Ran it, found three more trojans, cleaned and loaded AVG. Ran a test scan and it looked good and clean. Several other tools were used, but that's the condensed version.
Nice job.

I stopped at "manually edited the registry"..............:o

So, I conclude that nobody but a professional can salvage such a situation.................the DB's are winning...............

Craig 11-10-2009 09:43 AM
My window using friends seem to keep their OS on a separate partition from their data and keep a good disc image of both on a separate drive. When the OS gets messed up, they just erase the entire partition and reload the entire system.

Stretch 11-10-2009 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Craig (Post 2335896)
My window using friends seem to keep their OS on a separate partition from their data and keep a good disc image of both on a separate drive. When the OS gets messed up, they just erase the entire partition and reload the entire system.
Even better if you can use a copy of Windows (if you must) in a Virtual machine and then surf the net with that - at the end of your session - or when you get problems just delete your virtual machine file... If you are smart you will have made a copy of your virtual machine file on a DVD or another part of your hard drive.

Have a look at

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Craig 11-10-2009 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Army (Post 2335902)
Even better if you can use a copy of Windows (if you must) in a Virtual machine and then surf the net with that - at the end of your session - or when you get problems just delete your virtual machine file... If you are smart you will have made a copy of your virtual machine file on a DVD or another part of your hard drive.

Have a look at

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Yup, most mac users who need to run windows keep it in a VM where they can easily flush it.

powerpig 11-10-2009 10:28 AM
While in this machine, I did notice that he had a restore partition. If it came down to it, could have backed up his docs, scanned them and restore the OS from the partition.

Hatterasguy 11-10-2009 10:54 AM
It works! Powerpig is a miracle worker!:cool: NFW would I have ever been able to do that. I was watching him click along for most of it and didn't understand what he was doing.

Brian Carlton 11-10-2009 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by powerpig (Post 2335933)
While in this machine............
What else has he got in there.................?:D

Hatterasguy 11-10-2009 11:07 AM
Nothing its clean!:D

Eskimo 11-10-2009 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by powerpig (Post 2335885)
It took several hours. Manually edited the registry and had malwarebytes launch via another executable. That got around the malware preventing it from running. Ran it, found three more trojans, cleaned and loaded AVG. Ran a test scan and it looked good and clean. Several other tools were used, but that's the condensed version.
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton (Post 2335887)
Nice job.

I stopped at "manually edited the registry"..............:o

So, I conclude that nobody but a professional can salvage such a situation.................the DB's are winning...............
It takes some knowledge to do it the way powerpig did.

I don't have all the same knowledge, but I do have a good disk image available, and a bootable CD to let me restore it. If you value your time, then you should, too!

It worked great for me a few months back when a system hard drive failed. New hard drive in... restore image... back to work.

SwampYankee 11-10-2009 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Billybob (Post 2334300)
You better tell "your sister" to stop visiting all those porn sites, you "heard from someone else once" that they are all bad!;)
That was my first thought. :D

Mistress 11-10-2009 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by powerpig (Post 2335841)
It's now fixed. :D
you da man!

Ara T. 11-10-2009 01:57 PM
Delete your spyware programs and google Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft's free anti virus program. I've had better luck with it than pretty much anything. The new norton is great too if you want to pony up the bones.


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