Bricked my o.s. on my desktop now :-(

[Gunther]

Hi Andy,

My pendrive is 4 gb, but I have about 8 gb of zips.

Andy

that's a mess. Do you have a second cd rom drive? If so, you could use a Linux Life CD to burn your data. On the other hand, I've seen last week a 16 GB pen drive (USB 2.0) for 15 Euro. Not very expensive and it'll do the job.

Gunther

[Magnum]

I have Puppy Linux on a pendrive, but can get it's complicated CD/DVD burner working.

I wonder if it piggy backs off of the windows drivers or what.

I can't connect to the internet either from linux on a pendrive.

I read the article about Kaspersky's AV hosing a bunch of people's o.s., it didn't allow them to connect to the internet.

I recently installed and used it along with making a rescue cd.

My problems started soon after using it, but it may be a coincidence.

I was surprised it didn't have a cd program on it.

I plan on seeing if I can add a disk burner program to Bart P.E.s repair disk.

I found a good program that successfully put a linux version on Data Traveler.
I had given up on getting one on those pen drives.

andy

[Magnum]

Google for "could not start the remote procedure call" access denied

Or try this:

I had the same problem.First got rid of the Conficker virus , then  run msconfig and disabled some of the services which had their manufacturer listed as unidentified , also altered the security permissions for the svchost.exe file - added Read  and Execute for LocalComputer/Users. The server seems OK now

I may be buying you some brewskis. :-)

I am still in the exploratory phase,  but I believe what I may have is a modified version or something new.

Three AVs found nothing.

I feel that it would be vernünftig to keep ruhig concerning what is involved in the Limpieza except via pm.

Gotta go and do some more command line work.

Andy

[Magnum]

I think I have got most of the cleanup done.

Didn't take a reinstall like I had dreaded.

I found an unauthorized entry in the exceptions part of the fire    wall.

It was an entry with no name, so I deleted it.

How do I find the dam& thing that put it there ?

Drei AV scanners couldn't find it.

Thanks.

[sinsi]

malwarebytes.org has the best malware scanner (at the moment)

[Magnum]

I got my virus when it was running, so i am not sure.

Andy

[Don57]

Mine crashed from a BCD error no windows boot at all. I was able to boot on a backtrack 5 thumb and copy my data in windows to a thumb drive.

[Magnum]

I have spent several days cleaning up after getting a modified pup face themes virus.

It wore me down, but I learned a lot and am putting together a "fixit" sort of program.

It will help minimize intrusions and the cleanup procs should work on a variety of any future nasty visitors.

Thanks sinsi.

Thanks to all.

Andy

[Gunther]

Hi Andy,

is your machine now working correctly?

Gunther

[Magnum]

Yes, my laptop is running great.

Andy

[Gunther]

Hi Andy,

congratulation. You can work now again.

Gunther

[Vortex]

Hi Magnum,

Glad to learn that it works for you :t

[Magnum]

I decided to go to safe mode to install a PSDK for the help files.

Don't know why they stopped working.

When I got to the prompt in safe mode, it showed a user and the password box, but I could not type anything.

To be safe, I am using a pendrive with Kaspersky's rescue disk utility on it.

I have a scan going right now.

Kaspersky has done a fine job and it's wireless network connection works right off the bat unlike Mint, Puppy Linux, and some others.

I like the feature on HP laptop that lets you turn on/off the wireless connection with the touch of the keyboard icon.

Andy

[Magnum]

Virus scan came up negatory.

I want to go to safe mode, but when the logon prompt comes, it shows a
previous user, but that can't be changed nor can a password be
entered. ??

Regular Windows GUI works fine.

Any ideas how to fix it ?

Andy