SOS!!! I was hacked!!! My Windows XP won't boot!!!

Hi all,

You've got to help me out of this swamp.

I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
another, making me very difficult to proceed.

The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
granted it.

Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.

My system died.

-------------------------------------

Now I am stuck.

If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.

My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
have CDRom installed.

What can I do?

-------------------------------------

If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
Windows XP Installation CD.

So what can I do?

--------------------------------------

If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
to reformat my C drive, is that true?

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

Lucy

"Lucy" <comtech.usa@gmail.com> wrote:

|>Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
|>usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
|>darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.

You should see some sort of error, missing OS, bad NTLDR, something

Open your case and make sure your HD is firmly connected at the drive
and MoBo.

--
Old Lady Pownz Mercedes Guy
http://tinyurl.com/mm9u6

You need a combination of malaware apps, as well as Defender eg SpyBot +
Adaware
Boot into Safe Mode - hit F8 key continually as soon as sys starts up
Try Last Good config, or Safe
Your Dell may have a recovery partition, if it wasnt supplied with recovery
disks - See Dell help specific to your Tag #

"Lucy" <comtech.usa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152428587.817096.259930@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> You've got to help me out of this swamp.
>
> I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
> residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
> Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
> getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
> significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
> another, making me very difficult to proceed.
>
> The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
> the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
> granted it.
>
> Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
> usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
> darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.
>
> My system died.
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Now I am stuck.
>
> If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.
>
> My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
> CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
> have CDRom installed.
>
> What can I do?
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
> Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
> a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
> Windows XP Installation CD.
>
> So what can I do?
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
> to reformat my C drive, is that true?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!!!
>
> Lucy
>

Hi Everyone,

Thanks you all for your help!

But it seems that after the DELL flashy logo, nothing occurred except
for a blank screen. I could not even press F8 to have the boot options.
But the blank screen did not say C drive was missing or any file was
correct, etc.

What can I do now?

thanks a lot!

Lucy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> You've got to help me out of this swamp.
>
> I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
> residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
> Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
> getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
> significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
> another, making me very difficult to proceed.
>
> The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
> the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
> granted it.
>
> Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
> usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
> darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.
>
> My system died.
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Now I am stuck.
>
> If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.
>
> My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
> CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
> have CDRom installed.
>
> What can I do?
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
> Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
> a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
> Windows XP Installation CD.
>
> So what can I do?
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
> to reformat my C drive, is that true?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!!!
>
> Lucy

What do you mean 'could not F8'?
You just continually hit F8 as soon as you switch on

"Lucy" <comtech.usa@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152577432.632091.244100@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks you all for your help!
>
> But it seems that after the DELL flashy logo, nothing occurred except
> for a blank screen. I could not even press F8 to have the boot options.
> But the blank screen did not say C drive was missing or any file was
> correct, etc.
>
> What can I do now?
>
> thanks a lot!
>
> Lucy wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > You've got to help me out of this swamp.
> >
> > I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
> > residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
> > Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
> > getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
> > significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
> > another, making me very difficult to proceed.
> >
> > The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
> > the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
> > granted it.
> >
> > Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
> > usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
> > darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.
> >
> > My system died.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Now I am stuck.
> >
> > If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.
> >
> > My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
> > CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
> > have CDRom installed.
> >
> > What can I do?
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
> > Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
> > a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
> > Windows XP Installation CD.
> >
> > So what can I do?
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
> > to reformat my C drive, is that true?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help!!!
> >
> > Lucy
>

I had same problem with my laptop, i sent to www.microtechmall.com ,
they fixed in a week and ship back to me. working again like new.
thanks to microtech, very fast and good service.



DL wrote:
> What do you mean 'could not F8'?
> You just continually hit F8 as soon as you switch on
>
> "Lucy" <comtech.usa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152577432.632091.244100@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Thanks you all for your help!
> >
> > But it seems that after the DELL flashy logo, nothing occurred except
> > for a blank screen. I could not even press F8 to have the boot options.
> > But the blank screen did not say C drive was missing or any file was
> > correct, etc.
> >
> > What can I do now?
> >
> > thanks a lot!
> >
> > Lucy wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > You've got to help me out of this swamp.
> > >
> > > I had noticed that my system was boggled by a few malicious adwares
> > > residing in my Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta. Fully protected by Windows
> > > Defender and Symentic AntiVirus, I thought I should have no trouble
> > > getting rid of these malicious adwares which slowed down my system
> > > significantly, especially they open up new windows in IE one after
> > > another, making me very difficult to proceed.
> > >
> > > The Windows Defender did notice something wierd and offered to remove
> > > the bad apple; after its working, it asked my permission to reboot. I
> > > granted it.
> > >
> > > Then my system won't boot at all. After the DELL booting logo, the
> > > usual Windows XP logo did not show up. The screen showed complete
> > > darkness and only the noise of fan could be heard.
> > >
> > > My system died.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Now I am stuck.
> > >
> > > If I did not turn off system restore, I should be able to use it.
> > >
> > > My PC can only boot from 3 options: C harddrive, A floppy disk, and the
> > > CDRom. Unfornately I don't have floppy disk at all; and also I did not
> > > have CDRom installed.
> > >
> > > What can I do?
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > If I manage to get hold of a CDRom and install it, is there a rescue
> > > Windows XP CD that can save me? I don't recall if my DELL PC came with
> > > a Windows XP CD, mostly probably not, I remember DELL does not offer
> > > Windows XP Installation CD.
> > >
> > > So what can I do?
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------
> > >
> > > If I did not turn on my system restore, then I guess I am dead, I have
> > > to reformat my C drive, is that true?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot for your help!!!
> > >
> > > Lucy
> >