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Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
Found the right disc......hit R for repair and it says summat like:
1) c:\windows
Select the thingy you want to repair
So I press 1 and ENTER....
Enter administrator password....errrmmm. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Tried admin, administrator, and a whole load of others.....noubt works. Can't even remember setting a password. Tried noubt and that didn't work either!
Patoota Help Required - Studley Ramrod - 22-06-2010
Leave the password blank ?
Patoota Help Required - TonyDevil - 22-06-2010
oh dear [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] buggered now
got a spare harddrive?
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
I will keep guessing a few more times (get 3 goes and then need to restart patoota).
Is UPPER/lower case important for admin password?
I have 2 hardrives in the PC aye.
<!--quoteo(post=167153:date=Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 01:57 PM:name=Studley Ramrod)-->QUOTE(Studley Ramrod @ Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Leave the password blank ?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yeah I tried dat!
Patoota Help Required - amarko5 - 22-06-2010
<!--quoteo(post=167157:date=Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 01:20 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I will keep guessing a few more times (get 3 goes and then need to restart patoota).
Is UPPER/lower case important for admin password?
I have 2 hardrives in the PC aye.
Yeah I tried dat!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
try "badgers" [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]
sorry mate couldn't resist.
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
Lolz thing is i got so desperate i have tried badgers in both upper and lower case. There is no way i set a password other than the 28 i have already tried. Maybe it locks ya out after the first three but lets you carry on trying just for a laugh!
Patoota Help Required - amarko5 - 22-06-2010
<!--quoteo(post=167149:date=Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 12:49 PM:name=maximuspetrolhead)-->QUOTE(maximuspetrolhead @ Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 12:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Interesting....... may have to investigate this route<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
steam is out for linux and osx i believe
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
Tried 60+ passwords in various upper and lower case combinations.....in the end I accidentally highlighted the "restore to previous known worky settings"........seems I missed that option [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] ....so clicked on that and bingo bango bongo it all came back.
Once in I found that I didnt even set a bloody password so why leaving it blank didnt let me do a "repair" thing I don't know...but probably just as well it didnt.
Now my password is admin ...and my password reminder "YOUR PW is admin" lolxzz
<b>Do I need to do oubt before I shut this badger down again????</b>
Patoota Help Required - Studley Ramrod - 22-06-2010
Glad to hear ya got there [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] I also run XP and I'm not allowed to view certain files as I don't have the authority [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img] ITS MY F**KIN COMP FFS !
Did you sort out the virus ?
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
Not even sure there was one SR.....its possible that the antivirus just picked up a .sys file by mistake....not sure. I would run the "quick scan" again but aint brave enough yet. Might leaf the PC on till I have a clue as to whats gonna happen when its turned bacon. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Maybe I should change back to AVG.....can't work out if AVAST is actually scanning for me or not unless its forced to manually.
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 22-06-2010
Ohhh yeah got virus....AVAST apparently cannot delete it.
Its called: <b>ALUREON-FZ</b> (sounds loike it should be a toothpaste to me) and aparently leads to booting problems....gulp!
AVAST can identify it but not actually do anything about it!
Am searching google for solutions but its all written in Swahili for people who know what they are doing!
Any help please and thank you?
Patoota Help Required - Studley Ramrod - 22-06-2010
Oooooh, nervy times ! At least you know what to do if it goes tits up again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] Be Brave young man !
EDIT: Damn ! Just read your last post.
Patoota Help Required - Studley Ramrod - 22-06-2010
Some info here from Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/T...tID=-2147342498
Patoota Help Required - amarko5 - 22-06-2010
quoted from MS
Win32/Alureon is a family of data-stealing trojans. These trojans allow an attacker to intercept incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in order to gather confidential information such as user names, passwords, and credit card data. The Win32/Alureon trojan may also allow an attacker to transmit malicious data to the infected computer. The trojan may modify DNS settings on the host computer to enable the attacker to perform these tasks. Therefore it may be necessary to reconfigure DNS settings after the trojan is removed from the computer.
Win32/Alureon may also infect and corrupt certain driver files, causing them to become unusable.
Patoota Help Required - amarko5 - 22-06-2010
your not the only one wid this problem Dappers read here http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...p;mode=threaded
interestingly the same pci.sys file ehh
methinks you would be better off reformatting and starting again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
try malwarebytes but read these threads as well response number 1 in this one http://www.computing.net/answers/security/...uter/28868.html
its a nasty one that it could have a rootkid backdoor trojan with its own server built in [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img] http://www.articlesbase.com/security-artic...ts-2560829.html
Patoota Help Required - davida - 22-06-2010
<!--quoteo(post=167210:date=Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 08:22 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Tue 22nd Jun 2010, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Not even sure there was one SR.....its possible that the antivirus just picked up a .sys file by mistake....not sure. I would run the "quick scan" again but aint brave enough yet. Might leaf the PC on till I have a clue as to whats gonna happen when its turned bacon. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Maybe I should change back to AVG.....can't work out if AVAST is actually scanning for me or not unless its forced to manually.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you are running the free version and i suspect you are! Tightwad! I found that the free versions of AVG and Avast allowed you to set up routine scanning but didn't actually do anything. I had to manually start scans. However this was some years ago and they may have changed now.
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 23-06-2010
No one wants a backdoor trojan! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Patoota Help Required - Studley Ramrod - 23-06-2010
<!--quoteo(post=167280:date=Wed 23rd Jun 2010, 09:25 AM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Wed 23rd Jun 2010, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->No one wants a backdoor trojan! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not even the 9'er guys ? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hidden.gif[/img]
Patoota Help Required - markallinson - 23-06-2010
I use AVG Free (and Zonealarm Free) and touch wood, oh er missus, it's worked fine for me. Regular scans, sometimes have to turn them off if I'm busy!
Patoota Help Required - dapleb - 16-07-2010
My backdoor trojan is gone...and it feels a darn site more comfy without it!
Had to reformat in the end as no one seemed to know how to get rid safely. Alot of the Malware programs either didnt recognise it or couldnt do anything about it. It is not at all bothered by AVG, AVAST ....and all the other virus programs I have ever heard of.
Nice to have a fresh start on the PC every now and then anyway. Just having to search my pea brain to work out how I solved all the little glitches that ocurred last time I started from scratch.