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Hi all
I was wondering if someone can help me.I have a hard drive that is under the influence of virus es(and probably some other mean creatures.lol)and perhaps has corrupted windows files.the HD is slaved in my machine @ the moment

Heres what happened:the client came to me and defined what his problem was I immediately recognized the problem as a virus.gave him the anti virus softies,he installed and ran it on his system.while the scan was running for some reason he did a shutdown on his machine. Ever since then whenever he started his machine it came up tremendously slow,after the log in the processor would work amazingly hard(85-100%) without any user processors running. after five minutes or so it will cool of,however when you do something after a couple of seconds it will freeze.
Note:the num lock/caps lock can go on/of-mouse movement is there but thats it

I am scanning the drive at the moment but if anyone knows of software that can fix it or what it might be I will gladly appreciate it.working under tight schedule

Thanx Dani peeps ;)

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A short verification and recovery checklist to follow after an interrupted malware cleanup (context: ). These steps avoid repeating prior actions and focus on proving system integrity, locating persistent offenders, and protecting data before any more registry changes.

Create a full image of the drive first (so you can roll back). Then run Windows file- and disk-repair tools from an elevated prompt or recovery environment to fix missing or damaged system files and filesystem errors:

sfc /scannow
chkdsk C: /f
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

SFC repairs protected Windows files. DISM repairs the component store on modern Windows. Chkdsk fixes filesystem-level corruption that can cause freezes and high CPU.

Use offline rescue scans and advanced inspection tools next. Bootable rescue media from a reputable vendor will find rootkits and malware that hide from a running OS. On a live system, use Process Explorer to identify what is causing high CPU and Autoruns to find persistent startup entries (both from Microsoft Sysinternals). Run at least two different antimalware engines (for example Malwarebytes plus a second scanner) to reduce false negatives.

Be cautious with registry cleaners: they can remove entries that Windows or legitimate apps still need. Prefer restoring a known-good registry hive or using System Restore before sweeping with a cleaner. If instability persists after thorough scans and repairs, restore from the image you made or perform a clean OS reinstall and copy user files only after scanning them on a clean machine.

If quick turnaround is required, imaging + clean reinstall is usually faster and more reliable than chasing intermittent registry problems.

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Heres what the problem was and what I did
refering to my previous post the user did a shutdown on his machine while the computer was doing a virus scan.After concluding the problem I realised that there was indeed two small viruses and one trojan on his machine.The antivirus program was going to remove it but because he did a shutdown not only didn't it detect/repair it but also corrupted the registry because it was busy scanning some system files at current(as he told me afterwards)

So I had 2 viruses and a trojan and a malfunctioning registry.I went in using safe mode and ran the virus scans,after some research I installed both registry fix and Registry Mechanic and had it run a registry repair atleast 3 times with both programs

Up until this point everything is still running fine.Ill be sending the users machine back to day

Thanx though
sittas

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