unable to access the Recovery Console

[Guest]

My computer was infected with Coolwebsearch, and I've been trying to get to
the nasty .dll to fix it. I'm trying to access the Recovery Console, but when
I try to log in to it using my administrator account, it won't accept my
password. I am able to log onto Windows using the same account and same
password.
any suggestions?
Thank you,

 

[Dana Brash]

Boot to CD and choose the repair option by pressing 'R'.

For more info, review:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm

--
HTH,
=d=


Dana Brash
MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

thanks for the reply. I wasn't clear enough in my original post though.
When I boot from my WinXP CD and hit 'R' to start the recovery console, I'm
prompted for my administrators password. When I enter the correct password
(The same one that gets me into Windows on my administrator account) it comes
up that it's incorrect and prompts me to try again. After three tries, my
computer will restart into windows, not letting me acce3ss the recovery
console. I can't figure out why my password will let me access windows, but
not the recovery console....I'm using the same account.

 

[Dana Brash]

Are you using a local admin to get into windows, or a domain account? You
need the local account to get into recovery console.

--
HTH,
=d=


Dana Brash
MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Dana Brash]

Are you using a local admin to get into windows, or a domain account? You
need the local account to get into recovery console.

--
HTH,
=d=


Dana Brash
MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

My computer was infected with Coolwebsearch, and I've been trying to get to
the nasty .dll to fix it. I'm trying to access the Recovery Console, but when
I try to log in to it using my administrator account, it won't accept my
password. I am able to log onto Windows using the same account and same
password.
any suggestions?
Thank you,

Try This
Recovery Console Password- Do this BEFORE you need it! Like maybe now.
On many XP installations you can't start the Recovery Console because it
won't recognize your password. This registry edit causes the Recovery Console
not to ask for a password. This works for both XP Home and XP Professional.
Start | Run | Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot

 

[Guest]

My computer was infected with Coolwebsearch, and I've been trying to get to
the nasty .dll to fix it. I'm trying to access the Recovery Console, but when
I try to log in to it using my administrator account, it won't accept my
password. I am able to log onto Windows using the same account and same
password.
any suggestions?
Thank you,

It is a bit drastic to use the recovery console for a CWS infection,give
about buster a shot at it first.

Sometimes,when you remove malware it will stop your TCP/IP
stack from working (Internet connection).
Winsock or LSP-fix will correct the problem,Download first.
Note to anyone using NOD32 Anti-Virus software,Do Not delete the
"imon.dll" this fix reports,That is your e/mail scanning engine.

YES-You need more than 1 malware program,the one's below are all free
and work well.
LSP-fix- http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Spybot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
CWS Smart Killer- http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html

About Buster- http://www.spychecker.com/program/aboutbuster.html
Ad-Aware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
CWShredder - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Hijack this - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html\
Hijacjthis tutorial -http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=165
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - http://winpatrol.com
Win Patrol is NOT a malware program,but it will inform you if anything writes
to your registry or changes your home/search page,a nice little program.
BHODemon - http://pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=23611&fileidx=1
Bazooka -http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
asquared2 "Trojan Remover" - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
Socklock- http://nsclean.com/socklock.html
A nice site -
http://groups.msn.com/TeMercInternetSecuritySite/malwarecountermeasures.msnw
NOD32Anti-Virus Free 30 day trial
http://nod32.com/download/trial.htm

A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html

A listing of BHO's
http://www.spywaredata.com/bho.php?current_page=0

To see if that freeware program you are about to inststall
is infested with spyware check it out first at this link.
http://www.spychecker.com/


To help stop unauthorized downloads via your activex controls change your
default settings.
These settings are good for XP. The wording should be close for other systems
as well.
Go to control panel and open "internet options.
Click on the security tab then custom level.
make sure these settings are as follows.

Download signed active x controls>set to prompt
Download unsigned active x controls>set to disable
Initialize and script active x controls not marked as safe>set to disable
Run active x controls and pluggins>set to enable
Script active x controls marked safe for scripting>set to enable
Java permissions>set to high
Launching programs and files in a IFRAME" > Prompt
Installation of Desktop items"> Prompt
Navigate sub-frames across different domains>prompt


Free Firewalls
ZoneAlarm (Free and up)
http://snipurl.com/6ohg

Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) (Free and up)
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

Outpost Firewall from Agnitum (Free and up)
http://www.agnitum.com/download/

Sygate Personal Firewall (Free and up)
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm

NTbackup link
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi
Erunt- http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

thanks for the reply. I wasn't clear enough in my original post
though. When I boot from my WinXP CD and hit 'R' to start the
recovery console, I'm prompted for my administrators password. When
I enter the correct password (The same one that gets me into Windows
on my administrator account) it comes up that it's incorrect and
prompts me to try again. After three tries, my computer will
restart
into windows, not letting me acce3ss the recovery console. I can't
figure out why my password will let me access windows, but not the
recovery console....I'm using the same account.

The password being requested is that of the built-in
_Administrator_ account, not the password for any other administrative
user accounts that the computer's owner may have created. Unless the
owner deliberately set the Administrator's password via the Management
Console (_not_ the Control Panel), it's probably still blank. WinXP
Pro asks the installer to set the Administrator's password during
installation, but WinXP Home doesn't.

--

Bruce Chambers

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[Mr. Kurtz]

It is a bit drastic to use the recovery console for a CWS infection,give
about buster a shot at it first.

<snip>


How would you recommend getting at the super hidden dll?


Kurtz

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308402.

 

[Guest]

I have a Sony laptop, running Windows XP, I went to Microsofts website and
found a program there for spyware control and removal so I downloaded it on
this laptop and now after the reboot I am getting fatal system error on some
programs and no task bar, also it terminates Windows after about a minute and
restarts but it does the same thing over and over, I cant evn start in safe
mode to try a system restore. Please help.

 

[Malke]

I have a Sony laptop, running Windows XP, I went to Microsofts website
and found a program there for spyware control and removal so I
downloaded it on this laptop and now after the reboot I am getting
fatal system error on some programs and no task bar, also it
terminates Windows after about a minute and restarts but it does the
same thing over and over, I cant evn start in safe mode to try a
system restore. Please help.

The Recovery Console password usually isn't the same one as your regular
account. Normally the Recovery Console password is blank, so try to
boot with your XP cd again, go into Recovery Console and try using a
blank password.

Malke