Should I now use System Restore, even if I think maybe this virus has been quietly infecting my computer since late May? Here's the story- I shut down the computer on safe mode and turned it on again. It stated that normal mode did not properly work thinking the virus had something to do with it.
I clicked the option of having safe mode with networking so here I am. So, I still need to know how to get out of Safe mode, and what should later do with malicious program that is I guess , making the computer font much bigger, and turned my appearance of Window's XP to Window's Classic. I'm going to try a system restore. System Restore by itself will rarely get rid of a virus. In fact, if the Restore Point was made while the computer was infected, it will likely put it back.
But it will restore the Registry which may take care of the changes to your settings. The suggestion for a System Restore is that you may then be able to start again. Regarding the missing BOOT. INI tab, did you try the Permissions thing? Removal of viruses is reserved for experts on the forum - only they are permitted to give such advice.
With what MalwareBytes found it seems this may be the case. Did MalwareBytes get rid of the Rogue. It did infact delete the virus.
Here's a scan log of it. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1. I'll try the permission's thing right now- thanks. Actually, I just found the Installer with other infected items in the Quarantine Section of Malawarebytes. Should I delete them or keep them to maybe show it to a "virus" expert? Sorry for all these questions, but I just enabled the "show hidden files" and cleared the "protected OS" option.
Then I clicked apply and ok. Now where is the root for finding Boot. But when I opened it, it says Windows cannot open it. As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Privacy policy. During development, you can use BCDEdit to configure boot options for debugging, testing, and troubleshooting your driver on computers running Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows Server , Windows 7, and Windows Server Changing some boot entry options using BCDEdit could render your computer inoperable.
Windows includes boot loader components that are designed to load Windows quickly and securely. The previous Windows NT boot loader, ntldr , is replaced by three components:. In this configuration, the Windows Boot Manager is generic and unaware of the specific requirements for each operating system while the system-specific boot loaders are optimized for the system that they load.
When a computer with multiple boot entries includes at least one entry for Windows, the Windows Boot Manager, which resides in the root directory, starts the system and interacts with the user. Is the C drive missing? Is F drive and your optical drives the only drives you saw in the disk manager? What is the content of the boot file on F? Edit: You can open the boot file with notepad. WelshBloke Lifer. Jan 12, 28, 5, Couldnt you control panel - system - advanced options - startup and recovery settings - click edit on sysem startup and manually enter your boot.
OK, I am out of ideas! One last thing. Left click on "My Computer" to open a windows explorer. Click on "Tools" and "Folder Options". Select the "View" tab. Remove the tick from "Hide extensions for known file types". Does the boot file now show up as boot. Yep, its boot. I'm stumped too Heeh thanks for your help anyway. Your boot drive is F: mostly because of a problem with XP's setup. If you setup XP with more than one hard drive connected, very often your boot drive is not assigned C:.
That sounds like its probably it Chad, what else could it be lol.. Well it's not too big of a problem, only wanted it to start in safe mode easily..
Thanks for your help guys, guess this is solved. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Performance. Sign in to vote. Just wondering In XP's boot. With the BCD stuff introduced in Vista, how are these switches used anymore? I have already tried looking through msconfig or EasyBCD, but these programs somewhat go into the detail I am looking for, like some of the switches below, but I am looking for how to use each one of the swiches that could be used with XP.
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