02-27-2016, 07:21 PM
I think you've been associating with me too much. ;)
Because I said so.
LesStrat's Computer Saga: Episode 4378
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02-28-2016, 07:41 AM
Power supply fried Moms computer lost everything on 2 drives and the backup. It is a nightmare !
Do as thou wilt . Aleister Crowley
02-28-2016, 09:35 AM
11-29-2017, 01:25 PM
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?
Because I said so.
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.
Because I said so.
11-29-2017, 11:21 PM
I did manage to copy important files to an external drive.
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11-30-2017, 02:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2017, 02:10 AM by GoldenVulture.)
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.
11-30-2017, 01:38 PM
I’ll try that later.
I ran CCleaner, which should have deleted all the temp files.
Because I said so.
12-03-2017, 01:35 AM
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.
Because I said so.
12-03-2017, 03:17 AM
(12-03-2017, 01:35 AM)LesStrat Wrote: neither tool found anything. A replacement ? |
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