Re: XP Pro SP2 logon loop, recovery console problems

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/06/05


Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:07:19 -0600


"Greg In Logon Jail" <Greg In Logon Jail@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
news:595A636A-4983-4008-89FD-1DA13C2FFA72@microsoft.com
> Several people are being shown advice relating to malware called
> Blazefind but I cannot seem to implement this advice.
>
> How my problem began: yesterday morning I was unable to view
> webpages. I'd get your typical IE white page of text that you see
> when you're offline and try to load a webpage. But chat programs and
> other internet functions worked fine. I rebooted and found that after
> entering my login password I'd see "loading your settings" then
> "logging you off" no matter how many times I tried to login. Same
> thing would happen as Administrator. Same thing in safe mode and
> "Last Known Good Configuration".
>
> I should also note I have a raid array. It is reported as degraded
> when I reboot the machine but I'm told this is normal after multiple
> reboots. I should also note I ran chkdisk before I found the advice
> in these forums.
>
> But when I type R and press enter I'm never asked for a password. I'm
> taken to a C: prompt. If I try CD Windows, WINNT, or CD system32 I
> get an error that the directories don't exist. Therefore I cannot
> implement any of the advice given. If I type the dir command I see
> something pretty bizarre, a listing of files or directories with some
> letters and mostly dashes like "d--h-----" or something like that.
>
> I've tried remote desktop and viewing the computer on the network but
> am unable to do so.
>
> I can't recall if I ran Spybot Search and Destroy but may have a
> couple of weeks ago before I left for Xmas vacation.
>
> I hope I can get some help here, I've been stuck in this hell for 24
> hours and this computer is filled with valued information. Thank you
> for reading.

Google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=deskbar&q=Blazefind

RegBlock will remove it (www.regblock.com).

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