Please elaborate. Is there a defect in the Win7 install routine? Linkage?
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Stewart Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > A simple format and reinstall will not solve it. > > Yes it is malware, but he will never be able to wipe it out unless he > totally resets the HD. > > The old utility Fdisk would really come in handy here. He has to wipe out > all partitions, seen and unseen (that is why Fdisk) to get rid of this > monster. > > Stewart > > > At 11:37 AM 12/23/2009, you wrote: >> >> There's no need to send it back; it's not a hardware problem. Now I >> forget - has he tried formatting the disk and reinstalling the OS? >> What disks, if any, did he get with the machine (or make himself)? >> >> It really doesn't sound like any virus I'm familiar with. I mean, >> creating partitions and changing users? That right away puts a user on >> notice that there's a problem - just what today's viruses try to >> avoid. >> >> >makes tons of network connections using Media Player >> >> This may be the giveaway that it's not a virus per se, but rather >> malware that was invited in at some point. Which leads back to the bcd >> search results. Anyway, a format and OS reinstall is the thing to do. >> He may need to order disks from Dell if he doesn't have any. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
