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Adambrix

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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #60 on: March 09, 2011, 10:11:29 AM »
 ??? What a nightmare. Ran it from XP then rebooted to 7, it's still showing, tried to run it from 7 as normal and as admin and it won't initialie - driver not loaded?? Tried to download it again but still the same problem! Wow if it's not ont thing it's another!
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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #61 on: March 09, 2011, 07:33:40 PM »
I think that for some reason it has stopped working on 64 bit I will have a word with GMER  ;D

I think the main thing is that your prime system windows 7 is OK

If you no longer need XP then I would bin it and reformat that partition
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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #62 on: March 09, 2011, 10:01:17 PM »
OK problem fixed ASWmbr is now 64 bit compliant again  ;D
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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #63 on: March 10, 2011, 09:59:20 AM »
Just to let let you know that has sorted it, done scans and it has dissappeared. Thanks a lot to you and GMER for your help in all this. Top one. :D
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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #64 on: March 10, 2011, 12:30:30 PM »
I'll let GMER know he will be chuffed to bits

And thank you for assisting in the trial
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Re: Rootkit: hidden boot sector
« Reply #65 on: March 10, 2011, 02:00:23 PM »
Thank you for feedback. Good to know it worked.  :-)
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