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Help Vanity: Fixing damage from Virus (can't access Regedit)
geronl

Posted on 12/23/2011 11:13:55 AM PST by GeronL

I have kind of done this before. I have been working to delete a virus all morning on this borrowed computer. I think I have succeeded in the main.

The problem is the virus did cause some problems. Some exe files will not execute. It is probably a registry value that has been changed.

This is a BORROWED computer. I was using it when it apparently got infected. So I have a duty to fix this.

It an an EEPC netbook running Windows XP.

So the registry value at exe in the command line should be what?

SO how do I get access to the registry since Regedit an exe file?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computerhelp; computerproblem; regedit; techhelp; virus
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To: GeronL
Doubleclick on TDSSKiller.exe

Rootkit Buster

61 posted on 12/23/2011 3:33:24 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: 1rudeboy

I’m gonna make a poster out of that....


62 posted on 12/23/2011 3:38:31 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: lysie

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63 posted on 12/24/2011 6:11:08 AM PST by lysie
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To: Revolting cat!; eyedigress; smokingfrog; Master of Orion; writer33; Lurker

OK.

The virus is totally gone, as far as I can tell. But so is the ability of the computer to access the wireless router.

It no longer knows what drive is the wifi or its ‘location’ and the wifi thinks its IP address is 0.0.0.0

I have no idea how to fix that, not the foggiest. I am going to try to connect it by wire and see if that works.

Remember it was a borrowed computer and I need to make it work properly again.

So, I would not recommend Combofix! I suppose the virus had hijacked the network drive but I need to repair this thing.


64 posted on 12/24/2011 7:12:14 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

download the latest drivers for your model

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=WLAN&p=3&os=30


65 posted on 12/24/2011 8:07:58 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

thanks. I’ll try to but that computer won’t go online. I could use a USB card I suppose.


66 posted on 12/24/2011 8:46:53 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

Run it again. I’m not kidding


67 posted on 12/24/2011 9:15:26 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: eyedigress

run what again?

THAT computer no longer has internet capability. It’s network drive doesn’t work. The wifi SAYS its online but nothing reaches the browser.


68 posted on 12/24/2011 11:21:13 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: smokingfrog

I am in deep doodoo.

Somewhere between the wifi and the broswer there is the network drive and its been conked on the head or something. It has amnesia.


69 posted on 12/24/2011 11:25:51 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

You can’t get a wired connection either?

first check the bios to see that OnBoard LAN Boot Rom is not disabled.

http://www.eeeuser.com/2007/10/27/lets-talk-about-the-eee-pc-bios/

Did the computer come with any restore disks?
Some computers will have a separate disk partition (usually D:) with all of the original OS files compressed (image) on it. Any chance of that?

http://www.pctechbytes.com/laptop/eee-recovery/

You’ll need to backup any personal files on the computer before doing that, as it will wipe the computer clean and restore to original condition.


70 posted on 12/24/2011 11:28:41 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: GeronL

If worse comes to worse, there’s always the emergency reset button.

http://ultraportable1.com/downloads/pdfs/EeePC_1008HA_XP_UM.pdf


71 posted on 12/24/2011 11:38:41 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: GeronL

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308582

This periphally gets close to the question but not the root of the problem


72 posted on 12/24/2011 11:39:27 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: smokingfrog

It is a netbook, no disc drives


73 posted on 12/24/2011 11:44:03 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: smokingfrog

I cannot Map a Network Drive! I wouldn’t know what to name the folder or anything.... ARGH


74 posted on 12/24/2011 11:46:26 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: eyedigress

I am pulling y hair out.

I don’t have a clue.

It says the wifi is working, but nothing reaches the browser.

crazy.

Whatever the virus and that “fix” did it has ruined this netbook. ugh. I do NOT know how to fix this.


75 posted on 12/24/2011 11:57:39 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: smokingfrog; Lurker

It says the computer is part of a domain. Did the virus try to turn it into a zombie or something?

What does this mean?

Who are the tech guys? Isn’t there a tech ping??


76 posted on 12/24/2011 11:59:56 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

? Shadowace

Seriously - there is a small hole in the bottom of the computer where you can use a paperclip to reset the computer.

Most likely kind of a last ditch thing, though.


77 posted on 12/24/2011 12:21:06 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: GeronL

The “network drive” you mention is a physical drive connected via a USB port, or is it solid state memory within the computer, or else a virtual drive in memory?

Don’t panic, it’s a matter of some settings, somebody who knows this stuff will show up sooner or later, let’s just keep bumping this thread.


78 posted on 12/24/2011 12:51:29 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: GeronL

Create a folder called ‘TROUBLE’ and move any suspicious files into it.
Reboot and look for errors.


79 posted on 12/24/2011 1:59:18 PM PST by Red Badger (Every child should have a meadow to play in..............)
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To: GeronL

Run Combofix again. Run it 5 times if you have to.


80 posted on 12/24/2011 2:36:41 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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