Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Virus Causes Automatic Reboot Loop
Name: bit_junkie_07 Date: December 3, 2008 at 16:43:45 Pacific OS: Win XP Home CPU/Ram: mistery Product: mistery
Comment:
I did a stupid thing an downloaded a keygen from dailykeys.com - it looked sketchy but I ignored my intuitions and ran the .exe...
Then my computer rebooted and just kept rebooting endlessly. It boots all the way to the desktop, pauses for 5-10 sec, then reboots.
I tried pressing F8 but the computer doesn't respond to any input (I can move the mouse around but it won't execute any tasks).
I don't know what to do...I'm running Windows XP Home, is there some kind of boot disc I can download? I don't have one, I got the computer a long time ago...
Name: jabuck Date: December 3, 2008 at 17:49:18 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds as though the system file C:\Windows\system32\winlogon.exe is damaged. I can't be certain.
Some of the better ways to replace the winlogon.exe file, assuming of course that's it's damaged, is to use a live boot cd like a Linux distro, Bart's PE Builder, ERD Commander (by Winternals, everyone should have this software), and replace the winlogon.exe file from your C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder.
You can do a xp repair install if you have or can borrow a windows cd but you will need to reinstall all of your updates afterwards.
0
Response Number 2
Name: bit_junkie_07 Date: December 3, 2008 at 20:37:39 Pacific
Reply:
I'll give the ERD Commander route a try - much appreciated!
Summary: Not sure exactly what happened, but I think I may have opened a link that contains a virus which infected my notebook. I think the same virus attacked someone else too, but he had the XP. My computer ...
Summary: I have my nephews laptop sitting here infected with the same thing. I submitted the files to virustotal.com and virusscan.jotti.org and neither comes up with anything. I have managed to get the lapto...
Summary: Hi everyone, When i try to run a virus scan or a spyware scan my computer will reboot and restart itself automatically without warning. Out of about 15 attemps of running both scans its only managed a...
0 
