done that... getting nowhere.

have an especially crafty trojan/dropper on my hands... it shuts down just about everything except the browser, which is only good for serving the malwares purpose... tried rkill to no avail... got desperate and tried to run malware removal software in safe mode, but MWB was stopped on the next normal startup as it was trying to do the job. now i cant even start the computer.

this has to be the most impossible case ive come up against, any suggestions?

 

thank you, i was on my way to making a Damn Small Linux boot cd to recover the personal files and scrap all hope of fixing the issue barring a re-install. it looks like a couple of these rescue cd's may fix windows... *crosses fingers*

 

ok.... i think the malware is gone now, but the end user experience hasnt improved much...

i can now go through most of the boot sequence in safemode and in normal mode, BUT the end result is a blank backround screen with a cursor that i can move around the screen.

tried ctrl alt del to see if i could run through task manager, but no responce.

i am running a vista 64 bit here.

 

in the mean time ive been through an interesting ordeal... suffice to say, i ended up following your advice before you gave it. not only did i use Ubuntu to back up my files, but i erased everything and installed it as the main OS afterwards. Im rather happy with it - unfortunately im working on this for someone else, and need the origional OS.

since nothing else worked (including the recovery partition that wouldn't boot, and vista's repair boot-disk, which couldn't even find my hard-drive) I'm downloading a set of recovery disks intended for the system i am working with - that coupled with the genuine product key should fix the issue.

although it may be premature, id say this issue is likely resolved.

 

issue is unresolved and has been posted in the hardware section as that may be more applicable at this time ... take a look if you are interested

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=223164