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Author Topic: Do I have a Virus? (Help Win XP) Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-18-2003 10:50 AM                        If you're using non-NT versions of Windows (95, 98, ME) blocking port 135 with your firewall will effectively disable the messenger service for you.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2003 02:39 PM                        Daryl, I read through that page and unless I am missing something it does not say how to fix the problem I am looking at. I turn the computer on and it will go to the screen that has the Windows XP Logo, and it has the little bar on the bottom of the screen then it will give an error message that says ISASS.EXE and complains about a password then it reboots wheather or not you click ok, cancel or the X on the box. It just does this over and over... It even does this in safe mode. HELP!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-18-2003 02:49 PM                        Sorry, my bad. I read that he said it was "MSBlaster" and must have skipped the rest. Anyway, that doesn't sound like the blaster virus. Exactly how far does it get to booting operating system? To the blank desktop, the login window, does the taskbar load, do icons appear on the desktop, etc? Is it consistent? Is the machine disconnected from the network, if one exists? (Actually if it's booting in safe mode without network support it is effectively disconnected -- but yanking the network connection is always a good practice).  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2003 03:11 PM                        Daryl, It gets to the Windows XP Logo screen, then it gets to a black screen that has the ISASS.EXE error message and then reboots. It does it over and over the same way. While it was in safe mode it does the same thing, but with safe mode written in the corners. No task bar, log in screen... nothing else. The machine is a home machine that is not connected in any network.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-18-2003 03:22 PM                  Daryl Said: quote: ...I read that he said it was "MSBlaster" and must have skipped the rest... What's with you software writer types? No wonder NO ONE can get a piece of software that works right. Yous never read what was said in the requirements let alone what yous write! And BTW: Change that "Users Online" to "In Chat"! It is misleading! JEEZE! (Hugs Daryl) >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-18-2003 03:35 PM                     quote: What's with you software writer types? No wonder NO ONE can get a piece of software that works right. Yous never read what was said in the requirements let alone what yous write! Oh, finally SOMEONE says it!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-18-2003 03:55 PM                        It's probably some variant of the Backdoor.Optix. Find yourself some disks or a CD and boot into the recovery console. Delete Winstart.bat from the windows directory if it exists. (You should be in the windows directory when you enter recovery console, just type: 'del Winstart.bat') Also rename (or delete) the file: %windir%\olefiles\Winupdtr.exe. If you're lucky you'll be able to boot after that. Do some virus scanning to get rid of the registry entries and any remaining files. See also: Backdoor.Optix.04.c --- Phil, skimming requirements ensures job security. Although, admittedly, not always your own.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2003 04:08 PM                        Daryl, "Find yourself some disks or a CD and boot into the recovery console." How do i get into the recovery console? I can get into the BIOS set up...  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-18-2003 04:09 PM                        http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058&Product=winxp BTW, type 'exit' to exit the recovery console when you're done.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2003 04:30 PM                        Daryl, Thanks for that info... I need to create a boot disk for this other computer, but I do not have a floppy drive on my computer. I do have writable cd drive... How do I create a cd that has the boot stuff so that I can access the recovery console? Thanks again for your help.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-18-2003 04:37 PM                        You pretty much have to have a Windows XP installation disc. To make floppies (if you don't have a bootable CD-ROM drive -- you'll still need the CD though): http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994 Choose the appropriate link at the bottom of the page. Yeah, I know you said you don't have a floppy drive. The links might be useful for somebody in the future though. For your situation, you're definitely going to need an actual Windows XP installation disc. Most factory bundled OSes / CDs include the recovery console software on their branded CDs. You can't make a bootable disc with the recovery console software on it by copying files from your computer since the recovery console software isn't copied to your computer.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-18-2003 04:58 PM                        Thanks Daryl... I will be trying this tonight or tommorow... I will let you know how it goes. He does not have any of his discs... but I do have my windows xp install disc.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-28-2003 07:27 PM                        ***Update*** We ended up gaining access to the computer by erasing the small partition, and installing Windows XP Pro on that partition. Now we can access the files. Problem is now we have that operating system and Windows XP Home on the other partition. Not sure if we screwed it up more or helping it out.  |  IP: Logged

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