CoboFix black screen after logo

I had my google search results redirected... That was the symptom that alerted me first. Then I noticed my AVG had crashed, couldn't run it or update it.

First I tried malwarebytes, it splashed and crashed. Tried spybot and ad-aware same result, tried all again after a reboot, no luck.

Using the crippled google (cut and paste works) I downloaded ComboFix (something I've used before) and let it do it's thing...

Now I get the windows loading logo, then a black screen, same for safe mode, last known config.

Luckily I dual boot, and could boot into linux. Had no trouble mounting the windows partition and can read all the data, so nothing is actually 'lost'

I have a new hard drive, the plan is to re-install windows on the new drive, then fit the old drive so things can be copied over.

However, the thought of re-installing all the software I have accumulated over time fills me with dread.

Is there a way to recover my original windows? or is it truly borked?

Thanks

Rev

 

You were right.

I read the page, and basically all it did was copy the backed up files from a system restore folder to the win/system32 folder.

So I just used my linux system to copy the files over and booted into safe mode, then I used the system restore to restore the system to a couple of days before the infection.

Once done, I then updated my malwarebytes and did a scan, it found 1 trojan and 4 entries in the registry. Cleaned them up and rebooted, then checked that google results were not being re-directed, checked out fine.

My AVG also seems to work, so next is to run a full scan and then CCleaner.

Thanks for the help, I now have a brand new hard drive sat on my desk that I don't need. Think it's going to be used in my linux server for more storage on the network

Rev