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flat5 · 11-02-2005, 08:24 AM

Someone had installed and used ADSL without any protection.
The machine he brought me is infected with something(s).

The first thing I did was connect the hard disk to my machine and run Norton Anti-Virus 2003, Ad Aware SE Pro v5, Spybot v1.3, No Adware on the drive.
Nothing found. So I'm thinking the registry must be checked but I know of no program that will check the registry on an inactive Windows directory.

So I put the drive back in his machine and start Windows XP build 2600 Dutch. It loads. The desktop has a message on a black background that the machine may have a virus and click here. Mouse clicking on anything has no effect. Right click is also inactive. Ctl-ESC will not get me into the start menu. CTL-Alt-Del will let me stop processes. I see nothing obvious to me that I should stop. (no expert at this). I try stopping a few things and they start again.

I re-boot in safe mode and also have no control over the machine.
Mouse buttons have no effect.

Restart again in safe mode with command line, as administrator. Try the system restore utility and get a message that the utility is disabled and I must start in normal mode as admin. and enable it. cuss cuss sware sware.

I'm at a loss. I had hoped to be able to install some anti trogen programs and maybe clean the registry or at least run Hijack This.

Anyone got advice besides back up what data I can and reformat?

Thank you.

11-02-2005, 08:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	Very infected with ? Someone had installed and used ADSL without any protection. The machine he brought me is infected with something(s). The first thing I did was connect the hard disk to my machine and run Norton Anti-Virus 2003, Ad Aware SE Pro v5, Spybot v1.3, No Adware on the drive. Nothing found. So I'm thinking the registry must be checked but I know of no program that will check the registry on an inactive Windows directory. So I put the drive back in his machine and start Windows XP build 2600 Dutch. It loads. The desktop has a message on a black background that the machine may have a virus and click here. Mouse clicking on anything has no effect. Right click is also inactive. Ctl-ESC will not get me into the start menu. CTL-Alt-Del will let me stop processes. I see nothing obvious to me that I should stop. (no expert at this). I try stopping a few things and they start again. I re-boot in safe mode and also have no control over the machine. Mouse buttons have no effect. Restart again in safe mode with command line, as administrator. Try the system restore utility and get a message that the utility is disabled and I must start in normal mode as admin. and enable it. cuss cuss sware sware. I'm at a loss. I had hoped to be able to install some anti trogen programs and maybe clean the registry or at least run Hijack This. Anyone got advice besides back up what data I can and reformat? Thank you.