Need Ideas am stuck

[tangomouse]

Hello guys.. ok the problem is a heavely infected xp pc ,infections are root kits and vundo "winantiviruspro2009"

ok i couldnt get the pc to boot so i did a repair of the os and it booted then scanned it and removed what it found ,then installed avast home and did a scan a boot ,nearly every file was infected and deleted

now when pc boots it logs in then out ,however i have booted pc with erdc2003 and done the copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe and edited the reg..

am getting stuck on ideas how to boot this thing "format is no option" the dude wants to keep his data ,but am scared to back em up incase there infected. safe mode wont boot too

am racking my brains.. but drawing a blank

cheers!

oh p.s. sfc /scannow any other way to run this ie from dos??

[mEtRiX]

You're out of luck, buddy. If safe mode won't boot, the registry is far too corrupted and most of the system integrity is ruined. Backup his documents (desktop, my documents and several other folders he might claim to be important) on another partition and/or external hdd. You're going to have to do a full format, it's the only way you'll fully recover from this problem. Otherwise, the system won't function properly. Since I've started with my traineeship I've learned a lot from the guys who are working there and to be honest, nobody really gives a damn 'bout alternative solutions. If you can't get rid of the problem, just backup and format. Easy, fast, and gets the job done. Alas, we have around 1 terabyte of free disk space, but if you want to help someone you're gonna have to get better gear.

[tangomouse]

i have the gear m8 ie exturnal hds ,yer i know thats the quick fix just wanted a alternative

[mEtRiX]

Lemme give you a piece od advice, just for the long run. If you wait out and try alternative solutions on the computer that doesn't even belong to you, you're gonna lose a lot of time by doing so, and there's a 70% chance you're gonna give up and do a format in the end (or you'll be FORCED to do it 'cause the more you dig, the more the registry gets screwed up). In the end, the right solution was right under your nose, you just didn't want to give up that easly.

P.S. You could try (as a last resort) CaSIR, a program Raymond wrote 'bout a while back.

[brayden]

damn that computer is just too stuffed like mEtRiX said your going to have to format it because it is just that bad, i reckon in a case like yours tangomouse it isn't a quick fix, instead it's the only way out. unless that CaSIR thing works

[utkarsh30june]

I think even if you somehow manage to remove all the viruses, the PC will remain wounded with corrupt registry, invalid entries, some hidden viruses, and slow performance. Thus, Backup the files to CDs or HDD using Live Boot CD or Ubuntu 8.04 and Format the PC to get rid of all these in no time.
At times, it is better to Kill the whole army with a single Missile than to deploy your soldiers to do the same.

Give a good-bye kiss to the PC and viruses, Format it and install OS again.

[tangomouse]

I gave into the powers that be!! I am not one to quit but i have and ghosted the drive and formated it..

Cheers anyways!

[utkarsh30june]

'Format is the Ultimate Medicine'

[brayden]

And do remind your friend to get a internet security because by the sounds of it he doesn't have any.

[tangomouse]

oh he does now ,thanks to raymond pctools security