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RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 02-27-2016
I think you've been associating with me too much. ;)
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - Oinkus - 02-28-2016
Power supply fried Moms computer lost everything on 2 drives and the backup. It is a nightmare !
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - GoldenVulture - 02-28-2016
(02-28-2016, 07:41 AM)Oinkus Wrote: Power supply fried Moms computer lost everything on 2 drives and the backup. It is a nightmare !
That's some disaster!
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 11-29-2017
The saga continues.
A couple of weeks ago our work network got hit with a worm. The techs are STILL trying to get rid of it. About a week into this debacle my laptop got infected. Now I’m on a loaner.
But wait, there’s more!
My home computer appears to be infected. First I lost audio. I restarted. I ran scans.
Now windows security keeps disabling. No audio. No internet. Most of the typical startup processes can’t be found.
The worst thing is I just bought and downloaded Presonus Studio One and 30 plug-ins.
Avast finds nothing. Super Antispyware only found 2 cookies. I can get windows restore to open.
I’m at a loss. Any suggestions?
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 11-29-2017
I’ve been fighting this all evening. Processes are turned off. I turn them back on, but the restore function still does not work.
I get error messages such as:
“A volume shadow copy service component encounter d an unexpected error.” It suggests checking the event log, but I can’t get there. On the rare occasion that it opens, I have no clue what I am looking at.
For creating a recovery drive:
“We can’t create the recovery drive. A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive.”
I can’t get online. I can restore. Audio will not work. I suspect this is related to a recent windows update.
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 11-29-2017
I did manage to copy important files to an external drive.
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - GoldenVulture - 11-30-2017
Go and get these. Instead of trying to down load it on to the problem computer, maybe get them via some other computer, put them on a memory stick and then onto the problem computer and run them. Disconnect from the net/network before you install/run them
- https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ -
- https://www.malwarebytes.com/antirootkit/ -
Run the adware cleaner first. If it finds problems , let it do its thing [fix and reboot ] and then try the root kit beta.
Here's something else to do.
Open up your file manager [ windows explorer -NOT Internit exploder ] and
type this into the address bar %temp% and press enter. This will take you to the temp directory and all the junk in it.
Mark it all [ select all ] and then delete it all [ right click/delete ]. There may be a few files that won't. Skip them.
Then empty the recycle bin.
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 11-30-2017
I’ll try that later.
I ran CCleaner, which should have deleted all the temp files.
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - LesStrat - 12-03-2017
neither tool found anything.
I chatted with the monkeys at MS. It was recommended that I run a "MediaCreationTool" and do a clean install of windows.
I got the tool. I ran it from an External HDD. It encountered an error code: 0x800706D9-0x20000
I researched the error. It's a Windows Firewall issue. I attempted to restart the Firewall. I got error code: 87.
I don't want to spend the money, but I think I'm going to have to invest in a replacement.
RE: LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378 - GoldenVulture - 12-03-2017
(12-03-2017, 01:35 AM)LesStrat Wrote: neither tool found anything.
I chatted with the monkeys at MS. It was recommended that I run a "MediaCreationTool" and do a clean install of windows.
I got the tool. I ran it from an External HDD. It encountered an error code: 0x800706D9-0x20000
I researched the error. It's a Windows Firewall issue. I attempted to restart the Firewall. I got error code: 87.
I don't want to spend the money, but I think I'm going to have to invest in a replacement.
A replacement ?