Re: SOS!!! I was hacked!!! My Windows XP won't boot!!!

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On 9 Jul 2006 00:03:07 -0700, "Lucy" <comtech.usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

You've got to help me out of this swamp.

I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
another, making me very difficult to proceed.

The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
granted it.

Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.

My system died.

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Now I am stuck.

If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.

My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
have CDRom installed.

What can I do?

-------------------------------------

If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
Windows XP Installation CD.

So what can I do?

--------------------------------------

If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
to reformat my C drive, is that true?

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

Lucy

Try the Safe Mode with Networking. After the BIOS post beep, press and hold F8

While in the Safe Mode, Download, install, and Run all the below:

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot - Search & Destroy by Patrick Kolla
http://security.kolla.de/

NOTE: After you install the above, click "Online" and get the latest
updates for the database. Update it regularly for new spy info.

HijackThis
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Spyware Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.net-integration.net/tools/spywareblaster.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html

CWShredder (Removes browser hijacker known as CoolWebSearch)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html



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