Antivirus XP 08, Rootkit, Trojan.gaslide. PC infested.

[xxdanielxx]

No not the system recovery that will wipe the computer clean you can do that if you dont need anything on it

 

[patrick713]

heh heh I was thinking the same thing...I've been awake for way too long...
I have an external floppy drive.

 

[patrick713]

yeah, people need stuff on it.
i'm guessing that would be the LAST resort.

 

[xxdanielxx]

Ok then I will post a link to get the recovery console via floppy

 

[patrick713]

Sorry do not run the command above instead try a system restore

I never saw this... do you still want me to try a system restore?

 

[xxdanielxx]

if you can yes

 

[patrick713]

how do i do system restore, without being able to boot into any mode?

 

[xxdanielxx]

oh never mind we will have to do it threw the recovery console check to see if you have the xp install cd then follow this link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

 

[patrick713]

i don't have the xp install cd.

 

[patrick713]

is there somewhere i can download it to cd or floppy with my laptop?

 

[patrick713]

i downloaded guided help to a usb stick, now what do i do?

 

[xxdanielxx]

no you need to go down and read the bottom part

 

[patrick713]

ok, i now have downloaded it to 6 floppy discs. what do i do now? I have the external floppy plugged in, with disc one in it.
i tried to do what it said under the manual steps, but the pc keeps doing what it did before (continually rebooting). is there something i'm supposed to push or do?

 

[xxdanielxx]

check your bios under boot order or somthing similar to that look for USB-FDD set it to boot of USB-FDD first

 

[patrick713]

ok. i set the floppy drive first, and loaded the 6 discs. i then hit 'r' like the directions told me, and now it brought up a screen saying
which windows installation would you like to log onto
to cancel, press enter>?


what should i do?

 

[xxdanielxx]

it should go to c: after 4 sec it will ask you for the admin password leave it blank hit enter

 

[patrick713]

it says it is checking one of my discs for consistency

 

[patrick713]

it says it is checking one of my discs for consistency

i think i did something wrong---when you said it should go to C, what did you mean? It had been sitting at that screen for several minutes, I hit the letter C and enter, and it said it was an invalid entry or something along the lines of that. I eventually just hit enter, and it then said it was checking my disc for consistency.
it then rebooted like has been doing.
I am now reloading the floppy discs.

 

[xxdanielxx]

when you get to the console let it run then it will as for the admin password leave it blank hit enter then start what they say in the link

 

[patrick713]

when i "R" to start the recovery console, it brings up a page that looks like this:

Microsoft Windows XP(TM) Recovery Console

The Recovery console provides system repair and recovery functionality.

Type EXIT to quit the recovery console and restart the computer.


?: H:\MiniNT (i don't know what character the ? is, its off the screen)

Which Windows installation would you like to log onto
<to cancel, press enter>?

I have left it sitting for about ten minutes... what should i enter?

 

[xxdanielxx]

it should go away and ask for an admin password

 

[patrick713]

is it possible that it wont ask me?
it has told me before to enter a valid number, when i tried "C", so i entered 1 and hit enter.
it now has
? (cant see it stil):\MiniNT>

is it possible that I am at the recovery console command prompt, without having the admin password question?
should I enter the lines the link told me to?

 

[xxdanielxx]

try doesn't hurt, could be

 

[patrick713]

so far, I've typed in the first 5, and for each one it's told me "the system cannot find the file specified".....

 

[patrick713]

the middle 5 have all said
'?'n error occured during directory enumeration. (i cant see what character the ? is)
the last five say the same as the first five.