Whistler bootkit...computer crash

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hbob82, Jul 31, 2010.

  1. hbob82

    hbob82 Private E-2

    So after running windows update and rebooting my computer, I started getting random ad voices saying things like "Congratulations, you won," even when there were no internet browsers open. Malwarebytes found nothing, but combofix said i had the whistler bootkit. I tried rewriting my MBR as per the instructions given to someone else with a similar problem on this forum, and when i tried to reboot my computer, it told me that it couldnt boot up and needed the Vista installation disk, that winload.exe is missing or corrupt. I was silly and didnt back up my entire hard drive before doing this...

    My question is, is there any possibility of recovering the files i didnt save? i dont currently have the Vista CD but i can probably get one. is the computer salvageable after that?

    Any help would be much appreciated.
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

  3. hbob82

    hbob82 Private E-2

    Thanks for the quick reply...trying that now.
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are most welcome....good luck!!
     
  5. hbob82

    hbob82 Private E-2

    OK I'm back up and running. Thank you so much. Tim, you are the best.
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are most welcome. I don;t know if you still have the scanning tools installed, so if you do, here are the final cleanup instructions:

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no real time protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.


    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.

    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:




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