Problem with aswRvrt.sys on Windows 7 64-bit

Viruses and worms
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I don’t know if this is an infection or not, but I saw a couple of threads here that seem to have the same problem.

My PC hangs at the windows startup screen, and if I try to boot in safe mode it gets as far as aswRvrt.sys then hangs there too. Tried to run a recovery from the windows 7 install disc, but after a rather long wait to get past the first stage (select language) it did nothing for over 20 minutes, leading me to do a hard reset.

Following the steps in the other thread I tried setting FRST up in a bootable pen, however it initially stopped working while searching for the OS, when last retried however it’s stopped on the blue screen following keyboard selection.

I’m considering trying to remove the drive and installing it in another PC to have a look at it, but I don’t know if there is a risk of spreading the infection.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
follow the [b]Logs to assist in cleaning malware[/b] guide at top in this forum section

attach the logs end help will arrive

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I did look through that thread, but unfortunately I can’t get the PC booted at all in any way, I don’t have access to a dvd writer (it’s in the bricked PC), and though I didn’t see it in that thread, it was in another in these forums, I setup a usb pen to boot from to run FRST64, but it wouldn’t let that boot either. So I have no way to get the logs.

Though I’m thinking I’ll just bite the bullet and try to re-install windows.

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wait for essexboy first…he may have some magic tricks

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As you cannot get at the hard drive it may well be time to bite the bullet and reformat

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sigh i thought as much, oh well. Thanks for the reply.

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Unfortunately all my tools need access to the hard drive to even attempt a fix, sorry :cry:

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I tried this (it didn’t help for me, but maybe it does for you)

http://www.memtest86.com/
http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/rk-express/
http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/

:wink:

fingers crossed !