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> Cannot Log on, Logs off immediately
Yem
post Jun 9 2009, 07:58 PM
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Hi, while I've been trying to remove a nasty set of malware, I rebooted and now I cannot log onto the computer. TomK sent me to this forum to fix this issue that just developed. Here is my Hijackthis log from a few days earlier in this post before the oops occurred.

PC won't recognize my drive

As soon as I get to windows after the log on sound it pauses and I cannot perform any actions or see desktop or explorer, can't get to taskman via alt-ctrl-delete. shortly after, it plays the log off sound and sends me to the log on screen. I have only one user and I have tried every way to get on through F8, (Safe mode and such). So I can get to the HD from linux via the Ultimate boot CD.

Any ideas? Thanks!
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- Yem   Cannot Log on   Jun 9 2009, 07:58 PM
- - Ztruker   Yem, boot to Safe Mode, but login as Administrator...   Jun 9 2009, 08:44 PM
- - Yem   Thanks for the prompt response. i should have elab...   Jun 9 2009, 09:11 PM
- - Ztruker   Okay, it may be file system corruption then. You n...   Jun 9 2009, 09:34 PM
- - Yem   I tried the above fix twice. One repair was made b...   Jun 11 2009, 10:31 AM
- - Ztruker   You can try doing a manual System Restore (sort of...   Jun 11 2009, 05:50 PM
- - appleoddity   There are a couple registry keys destroyed by malw...   Jun 11 2009, 06:41 PM
- - Yem   Ok I just copied the userinit.exe from the service...   Jun 13 2009, 05:02 PM
- - appleoddity   Ok... Wait on anything else.. I am in contact with...   Jun 13 2009, 05:28 PM
- - appleoddity   Ok.. I am assuming that after expanding the new us...   Jun 13 2009, 05:34 PM
- - Tomk   Yem, Please go back to the thread you posted orig...   Jun 13 2009, 05:34 PM
- - Yem   No, after I first did the copy I haven't logge...   Jun 13 2009, 05:52 PM
- - Tomk   RE: Cannot Log on   Jun 13 2009, 06:20 PM

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