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Inactive Windows media center problem in win 7 64 bit

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  1. 2010/07/07
    rocknroller

    rocknroller Inactive Thread Starter

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    [Inactive] Windows media center problem in win 7 64 bit

    A suspected virus or malware program has apparently infected and taken complete control of my windows 7 ultimate O/S. All of the desktop icons are now highlighted with a windows media symbol and no access to any program is available with the exception of Google. Any attempt to open any other program including command prompt only results in windows media center opening. I am unable to use system restore as the message "not available" appears. I am able to run Windows defender but it will not correct this issue nor indicate a problem. Any ideas on what is causing this problem and how to correct it will be greatly appreciated....thanks....rocknroller....

    Thank you Broni for your prompt and excellent response....just for the record, windows 7 has a recovery disc created from within the program. Using this feature will allow access to system recovery which will also correct the problem. One other point is to use a good program to check for and remove malaware , trojans, and other problem causing spyware to throughly clean the system....but thanks again for your help....rocknroller....
     
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  2. 2010/07/07
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Download and run exeHelper.


    • * Please download exeHelper from Raktor to your desktop.
      * Double-click on exeHelper.com to run the fix.
      * A black window should pop up, press any key to close once the fix is completed.
      * A log file named log.txt will be created in the directory where you ran exeHelper.com
      * Attach the log.txt file to your next message.

    Note: If the window shows a message that says "Error deleting file ", please re-run the program before posting a log - and post the two logs together (they will both be in the one file).

    ==============================================================

    Download OTL to your Desktop.

    * Double click on the icon to run it. Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
    * Under the Custom Scan box paste this in:



    netsvcs
    drivers32 /all
    %SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.*
    %systemroot%\system32\Spool\prtprocs\w32x86\*.dll
    %systemroot%\system32\*.wt
    %systemroot%\system32\*.ruy
    %systemroot%\Fonts\*.com
    %systemroot%\Fonts\*.dll
    %systemroot%\system32\spool\prtprocs\w32x86\*.tmp
    %systemroot%\*. /mp /s
    /md5start
    /md5stop
    CREATERESTOREPOINT
    %systemroot%\system32\*.dll /lockedfiles
    %systemroot%\Tasks\*.job /lockedfiles
    %systemroot%\System32\config\*.sav
    %systemroot%\system32\user32.dll /md5
    %systemroot%\system32\ws2_32.dll /md5
    %systemroot%\system32\ws2help.dll /md5
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\Results\Install|LastSuccessTime /rs



    * Click the Quick Scan button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
    • When the scan completes, it will open two notepad windows: OTL.txt and Extras.txt. These are saved in the same location as OTL.
    • Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the contents of these files, one at a time, and post them back here.
     

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