Guest Doug Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Attacked by spyware. My Computer shows only the G: from the printer's SD slot, plus the shared documents folders. How did the program remove them from the display? Can't run regedit and several control panel items as the "System Administrator" has prevented it. Is there a simple way to recover after removing the spyware? -- Doug
Guest Malke Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: C: drive not showing in My Computer Doug wrote: > Attacked by spyware. My Computer shows only the G: from the printer's SD > slot, plus the shared documents folders. How did the program remove them > from the display? > Can't run regedit and several control panel items as the "System > Administrator" has prevented it. > Is there a simple way to recover after removing the spyware? Simple way? Probably not. Since you didn't say what virus/malware you had or how you removed it, I can't comment on how to recover or whether recovery is actually possible. For all I know, your computer still isn't clean - and that's what it sounds like. Here is general malware removal information: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware Include scanning with David Lipman's Multi_AV and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe Mode. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Multi-AV - instructions http://tinyurl.com/yoeru3 - download link and more instructions You can also check to see if there are targeted removal steps for your malware here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html If all else fails, either get guided help at one of the specialty forums below OR back up your data and do a clean install of Windows. It is your choice. If you are unsure how to back up your data or how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer professional. I don't recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of places. PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS. http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25 http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7 http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0 http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7 Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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