One Nasty Virus/Trojan - Kills all virus scanners

[Lynn210]

No.. I downloaded the archive into my docs.. but i can extract them if need be

[Lynn210]

Done
ran script.. paused a second then returned to the prompt

[edifyguy]

Ah, good..........did the extracted files in my-documents disappear? They should have gone away as they went where they belonged.

If they did, then it worked........and it's time to reboot and see what kind of progress we've made. Internet Explorer may be broken, but we should at least be able to get into Windows, unless the virus has severely broken something.

Do this, though......please download that driver anyway and extract it to /mnt/sda2/intel anyhow. That way if we need it, it's waiting for us.

[Lynn210]

OK Took awhile but found the download link
tried to extract it to intel directory but it says
intel directory does not exist and do I want to create it?

[edifyguy]

Of course! I thought you understood that. We're creating a new place with fresh files in it.

[Lynn210]

Done!  Reboot now?
Let it go naturally and see what happens?

[Lynn210]

Just one more thing..
I extracted the file windows was looking for..

It occurred to me that since you made a "new
place" for the files.. then maybe you wanted all the files
extracted since there is a license and so on.

[edifyguy]

Yes, I did mean to extract all the files, as I think it will want to replace more than just that one; I think that was just the first in the list.

Once you get those files extracted, I'd like you to reboot normally and see what happens.

[Lynn210]

It does not complete the boot.. it is in a loop

[Lynn210]

It gets to a window and that window says setup is being restarted

so I guess it is looking for the Repair Disk??

[edifyguy]

Not exactly......

What it's saying is that it realizes that it was dumped in the middle of a repair for some reason. Will setup actually restart and allow you to finish the repair without starting it over again?

[Lynn210]

I will insert the disk in the drive and see what happens
It did start where it left off before.. so maybe it still will.

[Lynn210]

Looks like it is starting from the beginning again

[Lynn210]

It loaded a bunch of files now it says Setup is Starting Windows

Now I have the Window asking if I want to install or repair

OH There is a 3rd option that says press f3 to exit setup without
installing XP

[edifyguy]

Repair, but not with the recovery console. Select install first, then accept the EULA, then select to repair the existing installation.

When (if) it asks about the iaStor.sys and/or similar, direct it to the C:\intel folder we created earlier with the files in it.