registry corruption due to services - vista won't load in normal mode

Can you get into msconfig in safe mode? If so, go to the services tab and click the box to hide all MS services, then stop the rest. Also go to the start up tab and stop all of them. Now reboot and see if you can get into normal mode. If so, you will have to keep going back into msconfig and enabling services until you find the one that faults.

 

Give us the exact BSOD error message and hopefully one of us will be able to troubleshoot it.

 

I don't know if this will work for you or not, as I just found it:
http://www.0x0000008e.com/

 

I was looking for a catch. Oh, well. Onward and upward. Did you recently install any new hardware?

 

Updated your drivers?

 

I am at a loss. Maybe someone else can help you with this. Have you tried doing a system restore?

 

I've asked that someone else look at this. In the meantime, do you have your important data and files backed up in case you need to reinstall?

And are we certain that you are malware free??

 

That probably covered the bases. Although Ad-aware is basically worthless these days. I would have figured that TDSSKiller would have been the one to find a cause. If it's clean, then it is back to maybe drivers. Sigh. Again, hopefully someone else will have a clue.

 

Can you run combofix.exe so we can see if there are locked reg. keys?

 

headmeetwall

*With the number of deletions ComboFix made (including a Trojan.agent), "Orphans Removed", and "Locked Registry Keys" - it's best that you do this for search for further malware:

Please follow the instructions in the below link:

READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide

and then attach the requested logs in a new thread in our Malware Removal Forum when you finish these instructions.

dr.m

 

Let's do this while I go look for your malware thread:

* Make sure that combofix.exe that you downloaded while doing the READ & RUN ME is on your Desktop but Do not run it!
If it is not on your Desktop, the below will not work.
* Also make sure you have shut down all protection software (antivirus, antispyware...etc) or they may get in the way of allowing ComboFix to run properly.
* If ComboFix tells you it needs to update to a new version, make sure you allow it to update.
* Open Notepad and copy/paste the text in the below code box into it (make sure you scroll all the way down in the code box to get all lines selected ):

Code:

KILLALL::

Registry::
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Services\srv1790]

RegLock::
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0003\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0004\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0006\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0007\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0008\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0009\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0010\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000
.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0011\AllUserSettings]
@Denied: (A) (Users)
@Denied: (A) (Everyone)
@Allowed: (B 1 2 3 4 5) (S-1-5-20)
"BlindDial"=dword:00000000

* Save the above as CFscript.txt and make sure you save it to the same location (should be on your Desktop) as ComboFix.exe
* At this point, you MUST EXIT ALL BROWSERS NOW before continuing!
* You should have both the ComboFix.exe and CFScript.txt icons on your Desktop.
If it asks you to overide the previous file with the same name, click YES.
* Now use your mouse to drag CFscript.txt on top of ComboFix.exe

* Follow the prompts.
* When it finishes, a log will be produced named c:\combofix.txt
* I will ask for this log below

Note:

Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.

Attach the new log.

 

Not a problem, as this will carry over to your malware thread.