Posted on 12/14/2009 12:05:45 PM PST by Lady Jag
SISZYD32.exe has possibly killed my FR computer.
Yesterday it hit suddenly despite the anti-virus and other utilities I run to protect against such stuff.
The victim computer is one I only use for FR and the sites it cites. That is the only clue I have to offer as to where it came from. I run several computers off a network and my FR computer is the only victim.
This is the worst I have ever encountered and a search for it shows that it is very dangerous and it showed up only about a week ago (AFAICT).
From years of experience I knew what to do yet the virus blocked every action, not even allowing startup in safe mode.
MalwarBytes, Spyware Doctor, SpyHunter and another one or two I tried to run were able to find it yet were blocked and defeated by siszyd32.exe.
This is day 2 and the computer boots with a black screen.
WARNING! Update all your protection software including registry cleaner, et al.
HELP! Can anybody help me get my FR black screen computer back?
Avira has a rescue CD to clean a windows installation from a bootable linux CD.
On this page:
http://www.avira.com/en/support/support_downloads.html
download the “Avira AntiVir Rescue System” (the file with the CD icon on the right)
this “iso” image can be copied directly to a blank CD and booted on the infected computer.
It should have options to scan your computer and remove infected files. The image is updated daily and can also update itself if the computer is still connected to the internet.
I’m sorry to have brother you Mr. Gates. /SARCASM
There was some major chain yanking from MS with this issue.
Last week, there was a thread here about the latest Windows patch issued. Some PCs booted to a “black screen”. Don’t have the thread but you may want to look into that angle.
Now can’t get to the bios.
bfl
self ping
Do what I did, whenever you get a new computer keep the old one to dedicate to FR.
Knoppix sounds great.
At a point now where I can’t even access the bios.
Bookmark.
What are you trying to do in the bios?
I’m curious to know how you found out it was SISZYD32.exe if your existing antivirus didn’t catch it.
Go Lady Jag!
If you beat this thing, give us the skinny.
#3, huh, who’da thought?
Know what’s personally deflating about this thread? Except for two suggestions, all the links you kind Freepers have offered today - I’ve been to and tried.
Feels like it, too.
cool tool - self ping
If you switch to Linux, you could accomplish the same thing and still keep your current hardware.
I run Win7 (RC candidate) in VirtualBox on my Linux laptop so I can sync up the iPhone with iTunes. That's about the only reason I run Windows anymore.
In years past (been online since ‘84) the two times I used local computer repair services they formatted the hd and lost all data without ever warning me.
I guess things have changed but that’s why I learned to maintain my own pcs. Done a good job till yesterday and today I’m reduced to a large drooling headache.
No suh, much as I love him, even Rush is fallible.
Might want to look at Linux Mint...which is built on top of Ubuntu....has a lot of the work already done,...for Youtube viewing,...etc.
You sure you have a virus problem?
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