Annoying BSOD
I have unfortunately been hit by this casino plaza browser hi-jacker that is going around. Resetting my homepage and installing a desktop icon to some online casino. They've sent out a tech support mail but I don't really understand the steps to remove it and now my machine is booting to a BSOD where it is unable t ...
I have unfortunately been hit by this casino plaza browser hi-jacker that is going around. Resetting my homepage and installing a desktop icon to some online casino. They've sent out a tech support mail but I don't really understand the steps to remove it and now my machine is booting to a BSOD where it is unable to locate a boot device.
By running the win2k boot disks I can enter the repair mode and run chkdsk /p which finds no errors, and also run the boot repair (FIXBOOT? i think - off the help menu) which then repairs my boot and I can startup normally with no problems during a session.
Problem is that the machine shutsdown but always restarts itself and if i turn it off once it has shutdown i always get the BSOD at startup during windows loading. (am I causing that error myself by incorrect shutdowns?)
I have run avast virus software and found 3 cookies (one a js - java?- file). So I have deleted them, but this looks like a much bigger problem - is there anyone out there who thinks they might be able to help me out? I can supply system/software info if you let me know what you need.
Thanks,
Adz
By running the win2k boot disks I can enter the repair mode and run chkdsk /p which finds no errors, and also run the boot repair (FIXBOOT? i think - off the help menu) which then repairs my boot and I can startup normally with no problems during a session.
Problem is that the machine shutsdown but always restarts itself and if i turn it off once it has shutdown i always get the BSOD at startup during windows loading. (am I causing that error myself by incorrect shutdowns?)
I have run avast virus software and found 3 cookies (one a js - java?- file). So I have deleted them, but this looks like a much bigger problem - is there anyone out there who thinks they might be able to help me out? I can supply system/software info if you let me know what you need.
Thanks,
Adz
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Since it will boot now, try to boot into safe mode. Download and install BHODemon, Ad-Aware and Spybot. You can download from http://www.majorgeeks.com . Then, go to Pest Patrol: http://www.pestpatrol.com/ and find the specific pest that has infested your system. They usually do a good job of helping you to manually take out these elements from stopping services and processes to editing your registry and deleting files.
