Serious malware infection - "your system is infected!"- No internet or safe mode

Don't transfer any files....you said in reply#2 that AVG detected Virut.....you will infect another PC if you're not careful.

Sorry Dave ... had to throw in the heads up.

Thanks for the heads up karnac, completely forgot that i could infect the pc again!

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However from what i remember only the windows system files where infected by virut. What i am saying is, if i transfer only my data for example my documents/photos/movies/Application e.t.c from which none was infected will that be a problem? Or is it better to not take the risk and just wait for guidance in order to disinfect the pc completely before doing anything?

better to not take the risk and just wait for guidance

By the way i just found out that the blue screen contains this : STOP 0x00000024

Doesnt that sound like a corrupted ntfs disk? I am not sure but from experience whenever someone had an error like that it had to do with the ntfs.sys files or with a corrupted ntfs disk.

However i dont get anything about ntfs.sys but i do get a zqbuetaxgkdt5.sys file?

Hi any updates on my case?

Hi again guys.

I searched around and found a backup i made  that contains some of my data, or the ones i really need so i decided to go ahead and reformat and have a clean installation of windows xp. I dont have any more time to waste trying to get this fixed. I know that with just a bit more patience i could fix a part of the problem with your guidance but i cant do it anymore.  Most of the times a pc got infected with any kind of virus/malware/spyware e.t.c i could have it up and running in less than a day even if the infection was persistent. This is something else!

Anyway THANK you so much for your advice and guidance, thank you karnac, thank you harry and thank you SD fro replying and trying to help me with this issue i really appreciate it and will come back in the future if anything happens.

C ya!

Back again! So soon!

I just want to ask you guys, i know everyone has a different opinion on these kind of questions but just to have an idea, i am really considering on buying Antivirus Software for my new Installation. Which one would you advice me to choose?

I used to have free Antivirus but from what i heard everyone is happy with Bit Defender products. Is it true? Should i just stick to the free ones for the moment? Thanks!

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Hello Sander. Sorry for the delay. I did some research about your stop error and found this link: http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=stop+0x00000024&d=4772632121901875&mkt=en-CA&setlang=en-US&w=e360615c,d35fd91a
I was going to suggest that you try to start your computer with your OS Cd and do a repair. It's too bad that you lost your data.

Hi SD!

I did try to everything from my OS cd and from other cd's but nothing seemed to work. I tried recovery console, system restore e.t.c.  Anyway, everything happens for a reason, this tought me to not surf around without any protection at all and download suspicious files!.

Sander,

I have to bring this to your attention in case it's overlooked.

You had Virut on your pc.

Read Evilfantasys' comments on this infection here

Be certain to follow his instructions regarding banking and passwords.

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Sander. Some information to use after you re-format.

Use the Secunia Software Inspector to check for out of date software.

•Click Start Now

•Check the box next to Enable thorough system inspection.

•Click Start

•Allow the scan to finish and scroll down to see if any updates are needed.
•Update anything listed.
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Go to Microsoft Windows Update and get all critical updates.

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Hi,

Thank you for your advice.

By the way is it a sure thing that virut might stole any of my credentials? cause i have so many passwords for so many sites. Where does it get it from? Cookies? saved passwords for web sites? Arent they ciphered-encrypted?

I will change as many as i can however just for a precaution but is it really that bad?

Thanks!

[Malware Removal Specialist]

Hi Sander. You don't have to buy any Anti-Virus programs if you don't want to. There are some free AV's that are just as good or better than the paid versions. Here are links for some of them.

Avast Home Edition

AVG Free Edition

AntiVir Personal

Microsoft Security Essentials

This last one by MS if relatively new and has some good reviews. I use Avast but I installed MSE on my laptop and it appears to be working well

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