Virus kicks me out of XP - please help!

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sonicislnd

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Hello,
Dumb me for downloading stuff from pirates bay, now I have a severe virus that has locked me out of my computer. Also, I don't have the windows xp disc.
Here's how it all happened. Last night I was downloading some stuff on my computer using uTorrent. Nothing was weird at all. I have AVG free, Malwarebytes, Spybot search and distroy installed on my computer.
Before going to bed, I turned my computer off - no issues.
This morning I wake up and turn my computer on and no icons load, no start button ect just my wallpaper and that's it. I re-boot in safe mode and just get a black screen saying safe mode on the outer edge of the screen. I was concerned and read up on line to try to save my computer.
Someone said do cntrl+alt+delete and then run explorer.exe, that brought my icons back. Everything seemed alright. I then ran Malwarebytes and it found 10 virus' or trojans. I choose to have Malwarebytes eliminate them. However, it said four of them it couldn't get rid off, and a window popped up telling me that I had to re-start my computer to get complete the malware elimination. I said ok. When my computer re-booted it brought me to the windows login name with my name there. I pressed my name and and my wallpaper appeared briefly for 3 seconds then went back to the name login page, saying my user name logging off. I re-tried in using safe mode, this time my user name and administrator logins appeared. I tried logging in with administrator using no password because I had never created a password for either administrator or my log in name.
I tried loading the last know good configuration as well as Directory services Restore mode and no success.
I had a friend work on my computer recently after a big move and he installed a legit version of XP on my computer but did not give me a boot disc or XP disc so I don't have that either. Is there a way to beat this? Please help. I would rather not have to re-install windows at a later date. I have games and music on there that would be a pain to replace. Who can help me . I need step by step instructions! Thanks a million in advance.
 
Can you boot up in safe mode and log on?
If you can, do that but with networking, it should be an option on the boot screen. Download a 7 day trial of AVG Internet Security. Run a complete scan, for rootkits as well, it should be simple enough. Quaranteening viruses will help, but it is recommended that you just delete them, and not to the recycle bin!
Press Shift+Delete to delete files properly. Let me know how that goes.
Also get malwarebytes running in safe mode, along with HijackThis. I have no experience with HT, so get another member to view the log for you, but post it here.

Also, if you use torrents, just read the comments to see if has any virsuses in future, or don't use them at all.
 
Cannot boot in safe mode either...

I'll try to boot in Safe mode but with networking to see if that helps. I had auto scans from AVG already - this is why this problem is so perplexing. I'm pretty sure that when I did the Malwarebytes scan the 4 that it couldn't eliminate were the culprits. I should not have re-booted at that juncture. Anything I can do in BIOS to help?

Thanks for your help though ...
 
Telling him about the antivirus

Hi there,
this is sam, i would like to tell you about the system security. You have to install a good antivirus software in your system so as to protect your system from threats and viruses. I will give you this link for downloading the anti virus software here i go.www.directstartv.com
 
I'm so sorry. But it sounds like you got the lampsy trojan (which is like piranha, never just one and extremely lethal). I've dealt with this one before, it's as intelligent as it is fast. It infects safe mode, kills the restore points, and I was unsuccessful in reloading a registry back up. Every attempt I've made to do virus and malware scans only seems to awake the trojans and make them spread. Say bye bye to your Windows.

I think lesson learned. 1- Don't load stuff that you don't know the source of onto your puter. 2- Back up everything. 3- Always be prepared to lose it all.

If you have hp, you should have system recovery console which will load up most of your files (if your stored them in document folders).
 
Does your BIOS have a built in antivirus thing? Mine does, but ive never actually used it. Ive never needed to. Give it a look in your BIOS. Can you get into any account in safe mode? even a non-admin account?
 
Ubuntu

I tried to install Ubuntu but it won't load. Scroll and Cap locks blink and my DVD drive doesn't work. Is this the virus screwing things up for me even at this level? Or is a kernel problem. I read that it may be online, or it's a heat issue. But I checked the heat of my CPU and it was 42 degrees, which is normal. Any other ideas for installing UBuntu to kick this virus' ass? I have resigned to the idea of wiping out my whole system.
 
You have such a heavely infected system you just need to format the drive and do a reinstall. I wouldn't even bother trying to fix Windows at this point.
 
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