When I turned it on this morning, I got the message"Registry corrupted" and was unable to boot so I installed
the new hard drive with a fresh Windows Vista. The Net is off and the machine is turned off. I wasn’t on long enough
to tell if any malware is there, but I’m sure it is. What should I run to tell?
Run OTL on it initially. Only install the antivirus, nothing else at this stage
While installing the M/B drivers it shut off with “Usb device not recognized” and “Logging off”. I did get Avast on it
without problems. Can I update Avast without going online? That’s when it goes to hell.
Here’s the OTL log:
OK that is a clean install, no unusual programmes evident
Now update Avast and windows by going online just to those sites
Any problems after this ?
I updated Avast and D/L Nvidia drivers. I got a few errors, but they seem to apply mostly to drivers. I still get the MS home page redirect, but I don’t see it
on Google. I don’t know how serious that is. If you think we’re OK, I’ll muddle on and see what happens.
Thanks for your time and help.
Could you copy the MSN page redirect either by screenshot or copying/pasting the address bar
I can’t copy with cut and paste, capture program or paint so here it is in longhand:
http//www.msn.com/?fb_xdfragment#xd_sig=f2bda54baf94b_z8&xd_action=proxy_ready&
data&xd_rel=parent.parent&xd_origin=http%3A%2f%2fstatic.ak.facebook.com
It doesn’t seem to affect Google.
Have you linked your facebook account with the MSN one ? as that is where it is taking you to
My daughter started a facebook account for me a year ago, but i’ve only been on it once. So I guess this isn’t
a threat? How can I get rid of it?
It will need to be changed on the MSN home page… I will create an account and see if I can figure out how ;D
The redirection is gone now. If you did it, thank you. The bug has this PC all screwed up again. Every time
it connects to the web it fills with malware.
I have a HDD that has never been on this machine that I’m going to try.
Is it possible that a full format could leave a virus?
I appreciate your patience with my fumbling, I know you have better things to do.
PS. A virgin HDD makes no difference, it all came back, redirect and all.
Next I’ll try the video card.
To me that would indicate a router problem, if it is a video card malware then it would be the first I have seen or heard of
Have you tried resetting the router to default
The only malware that could transfer would be a bad partition, but there was no sign of that.
This seems to be a small bit of code that expands and downloads when connected to the internet.
I’ve built a lot of work stations in an earlier lifetime (I had a Novell license, so you can see just how far back that was).
I’ll muddle through this a piece at a time and let you know what I eventually find.
Again, thank you so much for all your patience, I’ve learned a lot and if I don’t blow this thing up,
maybe I’ll find the problem.
Thanks again,
Norm
Not a problem if you find something I missed then let me know so that I can pass it around