Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Yes, assigning a drive letter worked temporarily in Drive Manager, but the next time I plugged in, it didn't work. Also, I tried to use a colleague's drive, and it didn't even register with Drive Manager, although it worked in my office's Mac - a FAT 32 drive.

Anyone have any insight into external drives not registering with Windows?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I swapped out my HDD for an SSD in my Win 8.1 Lenovo Y480, replacing the HDD in the optical drive slot using an HDD Caddy. The system runs fine. I still see the original copy of the Windows System disk that sits on the HDD in Windows listed as drive I:, in addition to the cloned C: drive which is booting from the SSD. I haven't deleted the old copy of the System Drive from the HDD yet, in case of errors &c. as I'm still trying the system.
However, when I plug in external USB HDDs now, none of them register with Windows. They are visible to Device Manager and Disk Manager, but they are not being assigned drive letters. They work fine on my mac, but not on this PC.
I get the message at startup saying "Check cable connections" or something. I will reboot and copy that text into another post below.
I'm also going to check the BIOS options, in case I changed some of those options when doing the change over. I can't see the option to save this post until I come back, so I'll just have to append the results in the next post down.
But has anyone encounted this problem, and do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thanks guys. The USB wouldn't boot and I finally rang Lenovo. They told me even before the warranty check (which was nice, and unexpected!) that the computer has an inbuilt recovery button to wipe and reinstall the system. Once I used that I was able to reload Acronis Trueimage and then install a system image I made earlier. So, basically back to good operating. I appreciate your help!

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I pinged Microsoft, and b/c I have an OEM Windows Product ID, they can't give me media. I have to provide a product key, which didn't come with my laptop, apparently. I have to contact Lenovo to get one, which might cost me to get, since it's now out of warranty.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Lenovo Y480,
Win 8.1.

Last month a Malware Bytes update started cannibalizing my system, quarantining over 600 driver files, .dlls and assorted stuff.
(Earlier part of that story here.

I tried to undo everything, and in the process uninstalled MBAM, thereby deleting the quarantined files. My system is full of holes, and won't do odd things, like recognise external USB hard drives or thumb drives. There are no system restore points prior to the problem.
This is a problem for me, because my laptop came without a system restore disc. I took the precaution of making a system restore image on a USB stick - but now the computer won't recognize the stick. It blings and registers something's being plugged in, but the drive won't show in finder.

MBAM solved the problem with an update, but despite their assertions that they want to help restore my system, they haven't done anything. The thread on this was closed on their support site, but no further support was forthcoming after they closed it. (See Here).

Any help getting my device to recognize my external USB stick would be appreciated. I'm in conversation with Microsoft to see if they can send me some kind of recovery media. Will update as that conversation develops.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I got really messed over by an MBAM update last month- it deleted over 6,000 system files. I now can't read any external drives, and thus can't restore with my USB system restore. Real pain, and although tech support at MBAM said they were on it, they didn't do anything. I used MBAM free for years, and finally paid for it this year, only to have this happen.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Problem solved.

After a couple more attempts to un- and and reinstall MBAM, I noticed this error coming up repeatedly:
internal error: Expression error 'runtime error (at 79:177): External exception E06D7363

A quick google search found the solution here:
https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?/topic/149048-internal-error-expression-error-runtime-error-at-79177-external-exeption-e06d763/

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thanks Gerbil;

I scanned a couple of times with eset, and it found things different times, and I think allowed me to remove them. Atually, it may have quarantined them, I can't seem to get it to reveal the quarantine from previous scans, however.

Anyway, still no joy getting Malwarebytes running, either directly or via Chameleon... Thanks for your help.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi thanks again. TDSKiller opened without problems, but didn't find anything. Log is here:

09:14:37.0848 0x2270  TDSS rootkit removing tool 3.0.0.39 Jun  5 2014 20:35:54
09:14:37.0848 0x2270  UEFI system
09:14:42.0537 0x2270  ============================================================
09:14:42.0537 0x2270  Current date / time: 2014/07/10 09:14:42.0537
09:14:42.0537 0x2270  SystemInfo:
09:14:42.0537 0x2270  
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  OS Version: 6.3.9600 ServicePack: 0.0
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Product type: Workstation
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  ComputerName: SHAKTIDEVA
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  UserName: Michael
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Windows directory: C:\WINDOWS
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  System windows directory: C:\WINDOWS
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Running under WOW64
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Processor architecture: Intel x64
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Number of processors: 8
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Page size: 0x1000
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  Boot type: Normal boot
09:14:42.0538 0x2270  ============================================================
09:14:43.0561 0x2270  KLMD registered as C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\89614052.sys
09:14:45.0139 0x2270  System UUID: {DC586B67-9905-2508-105C-B16C539F126F}
09:14:46.0688 0x2270  Drive \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 - Size: 0xE8E0DB6000 ( 931.51 Gb ), SectorSize: 0x200, Cylinders: 0x1DB01, SectorsPerTrack: 0x3F, TracksPerCylinder: 0xFF, Type 'K0', Flags 0x00000040
09:14:46.0692 0x2270  ============================================================
09:14:46.0692 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0:
09:14:46.0694 0x2270  GPT partitions:
09:14:46.0694 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition1: GPT, TypeGUID: {DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC}, UniqueGUID: {033195CD-79D7-446E-9E02-F5D6AB75925E}, Name: Basic data partition, StartLBA 0x800, BlocksNum 0x1F4000
09:14:46.0694 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition2: GPT, TypeGUID: {C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B}, UniqueGUID: {5CDB7282-CB0C-4A9A-A194-71900DBF8811}, Name: EFI system partition, StartLBA 0x1F4800, BlocksNum 0x82000
09:14:46.0694 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition3: GPT, TypeGUID: {BFBFAFE7-A34F-448A-9A5B-6213EB736C22}, UniqueGUID: {141F6F2F-EAB3-4C9B-96DF-811713C1BA07}, Name: Basic data partition, StartLBA 0x276800, BlocksNum 0x1F4000
09:14:46.0695 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition4: GPT, TypeGUID: {E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE}, UniqueGUID: {E001880D-F71C-4F81-B40B-01EC625A027C}, Name: Microsoft reserved partition, StartLBA 0x46A800, BlocksNum 0x40000
09:14:46.0695 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition5: GPT, TypeGUID: {EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7}, UniqueGUID: {9DB625A6-EEC7-47A5-A45A-5275711D47B8}, Name: Basic data partition, StartLBA 0x4AA800, BlocksNum 0x37498800
09:14:46.0695 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition6: GPT, TypeGUID: {DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC}, UniqueGUID: {934D05CC-A50B-4266-AAAA-C7F508CC510E}, Name: , StartLBA 0x37943000, BlocksNum 0xAF000
09:14:46.0695 0x2270  \Device\Harddisk0\DR0\Partition7: GPT, TypeGUID: …
Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, thanks for your detailed response. Chameleon didn't work, and I haven't been able to run MBAM after trying all the variant scans it offered. I also tried JRT and ADware, but no results so far. There were errors during both those scans.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I should clarify that MBAM professional had been working for about 6 months or so before then.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, Malware Bytes has stopped scanning. I had bought the full professional, and it stopped scanning files on request (from the pop-up menu when you right-click on files). I then realised it wouldn't update, and reinstalls have failed. The other virus software I use is simply Windows Defender.

I'm running Windows 8.1 on a Lenovo Y480. I performed the "Read me Before" tasks, and AFT-Cleaner and GMER failed, and Windows Malicious Software Removal tool found nothing on a quick scan. Currently running a deep scan. DDS.scr says it "Will not run in compatibility mode" and closes. So, I basically haven't been able to do any of the prep scans for posting to the virus forum.

Other than MBAM not working I hadn't noticed any downgrade in functionality, so I'm concerned my traffic or data is being monitored. Your help much appreciated.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Oh I am a doofus. I found out the problem. I was trying to change permissions on the mounted image of the C: Drive, not the drive itself. Once I tried to change them on the actual hard drive, I acquired permissions and am now able to back up my personal files from that drive too.
Thanks for being willing to look into it.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

They run from left to right.

  • When I press "Continue" on the first, I get the one to the right.
  • When I click "Security Tab" it gives me the one on bottom left.
  • Clicking 'Continue'on that gets me nowhere. Clicking "advanced" however, gives me the middle bottom window.
  • Attempting to "edit" the Owner tab, as other sites have suggested, gets me the bottom right window.

Fairly similar results with the other tabs.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster
Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I've made an Acronis image on a backup HDD. Is that the same?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

It's not the files and folders, it's the user permissions that are greyed out. I can only see the top-level of the User folder that I want but can't grant permissions. I can left click and get the security tab and see all the selections, I just can't select any of them.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

My motherboard got fried after an update to Windows 8.1 I don't know how, it did. Before I send the laptop off for repair, I want to backup my drives. I've removed the HDD and am reading it through an exertnal HDD reader to my Win 7 laptop.
Now, I can't get access to the user files, which don't have user access. I can't change the user access as recommended by
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/203795en and other similar sites, because the users are all greyed out. Even if I go to Folder>Properties>Security>Advanced> all of these tabs: Perissions, Auditing, Owner and Effective Permissions all lock me out.

What can I do? Desperate as need to catch plane tomorrow back to States and need to ship it to repair when I get there (long story, but basically the "International" Warranty on this US-bought machine turned out not to be honoured in Germany, so I'm shipping it for repair while on a business trip). Your timely help much appreciated.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

THanks, I will try that.
No, RAM is the same.
No probs w. W7 on old drive.

Actually, I'm taking it to Dell for diagnostics in the morning, and will see what they come up with.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Maybe what I wrote didn't make sense? I did Memtest with single RAM chips. When I tested individual ramchips in slot one, the computer crashed both times, around about test number 9 or so. However, when I tried to boot the computer with just a single ramchip in slot 2, it wouldn't even start - I think it's not possible to run it that way.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Ok, well the memtest just failed everything. Testing RAM chip 1 and 2 in the first slot, they both crashed during Memtest 9 or so. But I couldn't test either in slot 2 alone, the computer wouldn't even start properly. So what do I do know? How can I find the source of the problem and fix it?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Update. I did an sfc /scannow two times, and both came up naegative, no integrity violations.

With ref to the memtest86, since it's crashed this way, what about this testing procedure:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Do I understand correctly, by doing the procedure I may find if the probem is in one or the other RAM chip or the motherboard slots? And that the driver rimspx64.sys may have merely been accessing a bad section of the memory chip?
If it is a memory chip, then the solution would be to replace the chip?

Being a bit slow on the uptake here, but want to make sure I don't get ahead of myself.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Ok. The laptop bricked a number of times since, so the System Recovery by disk image has become less reliable. I managed finally to get it to reload (let's see how long it lasts this time), and burned the memtest to DVD. (I have a kid who demands all my attention on the weekends). The laptop died each time during memtests. The first two times, I'm not aware of what point in the process it happened. I watched it three times since. The first time it died during "Test 10 Modulo20, Random Pattern" or "Test 11 Bitfade test, 2 patterns." The second time I manually got it to go to test 11, and it died around the 70% mark. On the third time, it died while in the midst of test 3, while I was playing with the different kinds of test it can do.

Since then it has BSOD'ed on startup, but not consistently, this time I'm able to use it, don't know how long for.

I take it this is not to do with the driver rimspx64.sys?

THanks for your help. I'm really limping along here, hours and hours of my work time is being sucked into this. Any solution you can find would be a huge help.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, BSOD struck again. The reboot was complicated for a number of reasons, and BSOD happened a number of times. The one dump file I got out of these is reported below as per your instructions. Thanks so much:

==================================================
Dump File         : 111412-56721-01 - Copy.dmp
Crash Time        : 11/14/2012 10:28:41 PM
Bug Check String  : PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000050
Parameter 1       : ffffffff `fffffff0
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3       : fffff880`0674977d
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : rimspx64.sys
Caused By Address : rimspx64.sys+9713fe
File Description  : 
Product Name      : 
Company           : 
File Version      : 
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+705c0
Stack Address 1   : 
Stack Address 2   : 
Stack Address 3   : 
Computer Name     : 
Full Path         : E:\Minidump\111412-56721-01 - Copy.dmp
Processors Count  : 2
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 7600
Dump File Size    : 303,684
==================================================

Also, do you recommend this software?
http://www.advancedpctweaker.com/exe-errors/Rimspx64.sys.html

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thank you, that is exactly what I was hoping for.

Unfortunately, at BSOD, I have to restore to an earlier system state, which erases any .dmp files on my C: drive, so BlueScreenView is drawing a blank. I've set the system to store the .dmp files on my E: drive, so next time, I'll have some clues to post. Thanks so much.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

When you say "download Driver pack solution" what does that mean? I tried using Driver Robot, and suspect it produced errors. But I don't know which ones. Is there any way to do a diagnostic before re-installing Windows Home all over again?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

O man, sorry. I replied but it clearly didn't post. I've been travelling for work the last few days. Original OEM OS is Win 7 Home Premium. OEM Copy is not pirated, it's from Dell, and has been verified in the past. Upgrade disk was bought from my university, and verified multiple times too.

When you say download drivers from the internet - Which drivers? And how to tell which of the existing ones that are now in my system recovery files are the one(s) producing the conlfict?

And, is my new HDD causing the problem?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

O man, sorry. I replied but it clearly didn't post. I've been travelling for work the last few days. Original OEM OS is Win 7 Home Premium. OEM Copy is not pirated, it's from Dell, and has been verified in the past. Upgrade disk was bought from my university, and verified multiple times too.

When you say download drivers from the internet - Which drivers? And how to tell which of the existing ones that are now in my system recovery files are the one(s) producing the conlfict?

And, is my new HDD causing the problem?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, I recently re-installed Win 7 Ultimate on a fresh hard drive in my Dell XPS 1340, and used my OEM-supplied disk to install drivers. I also used Driver Robot to auto-install or update the drivers, as well as searching the Dell website. I then burned a System Recovery disk and HDD file.

After Win 7's auto-update installs SP 1, it goes to BSOD when restarting - either from hibernation or from fresh boot. This has happened twice. The first time, in the midst of repairing startup, it tried to perform a system restore, which failed. I used my newly burned system recovery disk, which includes the drivers from various source (Is it possible there is a driver conflict?).

System recovery worked fine, but when Win 7 updated to SP 1, the BSOD occurred again. The second time around, after the failure to repair startup or to restore the system restore point, I found these error messages:

System Restore: Error code= 0x1f
System Files Integrity Check and Repair: Error code= 0x490.

Windows startup repair failed when, on its own, it attempted to revert to an earlier system restore point. However, when I attempted from one of the selection windows afterwards, reverting the to earlier restore point worked. Why this differed from the attempt from Startup repair I don't know. Anyway, it's running again.

Howeverm, I'm sure when SP 1 updates, I'll have the same problem, and I want to prevent it. I've looked for a dmp.rep file, but can't …

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Problem solved. Contaced Microsoft, who told me it was a North/Latin American disk, but I've been upgrading in Germany. Used an IP masker, and upgrade worked a treat. Thanks for your help and suggestions.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

My current install of my OEM Win 7 Home Premium will not allow me to upgrade by disk (Option 3) to Win 7 Ultimate. When I try to do it, it forwards me to Anytime Upgrade. However, Anytime Upgrade does not accept my Product Key which is for a disc upgrade.
Therefore, option 3 doesn't work.

But I was able to upgrade when I did this before in 2009, with the same computer, same upgrade disk.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I neglected to add that the software always forces me to do an "Anytime Upgrade" with the following error message:

"To upgrade from one edition of Windows 7 to another edition of Windows 7, use Windows Anytime Upgrade. Cancel the upgrade, open the Start menu, and search for Windows Anytime Upgrade."

I understand this is a method to clean install, which will erase the previous installation, right?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I had a hard drive crash, which meant I had to install a new HDD in my Dell 64-Bit XPS 1350 (lovely computer). I had previously been running Windows 7 Ultimate Professional which I had upgraded from the OEM Win 7 Home Premium by means of a disk I purchased from my university.

Using the Recovery disk from Dell I installed Windows 7 Home Premium successfully on the new hard drive, but when I have tried to upgrade via my disk to Ultimate it installs the whole thing, says its complete, but when I reboot, tells me:

"This version of Windows could not be installed. Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it."

I've installed the drivers from Dell's driver disk, but still to no avail. I've also used Driver Robot to update all my drivers.

I can't find a .dmp file anywhere under C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources

but I did find this file under
C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther.

setupact.log https://www.dropbox.com/s/yzy7fhkxlzc235y/setupact.log

If anyone could please advise me what I need to do to fix Windows so it will upgrade properly, I would greatly appreciate it.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, thank you. Can't believe I didn't notice it had been set to default language - what an oversight.

I'm in the middle of high-pressue deadline, but will do the rootkit scan when I go to bed tonight, and post later. Thanks so much.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thanks for the link, and your comments about the software.

When the other languages which I've installed are highlighted, they allow one to use the "add" button. It is for "adding" a language which isn't already listed in the box. They also all let me "remove" them. The Korean language option is distinct from all the other language options, it won't let me "remove" it. The thing is, I never installed Korean, it just appeared randomnly the other day.

If Hijack this is out of date, do you recommend a different scan?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, I'm running Windows 7.64, with an English language systeem. I use Chinese and Japanase input. But suddenly Korean appears as the language when I log in to the system when awakening from sleep, and it's unremovable from the language bar. All the other languages can be "Removed", but Korean cannot (see attachment - where 'remove' is greyed out). Since it's appearing before the login, I suspect it's a rootkit?
I'm not a programmer, but am good at following isntructions. I thought my virus protection was pretty good but found out recently it is quite poor: I'm using Symantec Endpoint Protection as a background, and then manually scan any new files I download with MBAM. But after a big crash a few months back I scanned the laptop drive on a Linux Redhat (?), and it removed 50+ viruses. So I know my security's not great, despite these measures. I'm an unpaid graduate student, so can't afford expensive virus protection.
I think I've got something again, and am unsure how to go about getting it out, and worried it's tracking keystrokes or something. I've attached a Hijack this scan as a zip file.
Thanks for your help!

Korean.Language_

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Dusting the insides kept the heat down, which has stopped the blackouts (Black Screens of Death), but it didn't stop the Blue Screens of Death, which kept producing the kernel error. I downloaded HDD Regenerator, and scanned a couple of times, and since then, no BSOD's of any kind. Thanks again!

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I do have dual RAM. I tested each individually, and both produced the power out. They were quite hot to the touch (Dell XPS 1340's are known to run pretty hot anyway). I suspect that each one overheated and tripped the power. So I've installed Core Temp and am monitoring the temperature, with a safety option to go to sleep when/if it gets to TjMax. I also bought some air in a can, and have dusted out the fan, chip area and keyboard. So, far, today, while the computer's stayed cool, no power out.

Your insight about the RAM not processing the kernel was really helpful for looking away from the HDD to the RAM. Thank you!

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Ok. Delay was a local tech scanned my HD and found 50+ viruses, and wanted me to see if that solved the problem. It didn't - I got a power out tonight, and it's happened multiple times. I've been trying memtest, but the laptop crashes when I'm not even at 5% tested - I wonder if that's a sign that it IS the RAM?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Such specs as I could find from System Information are below. I've been using this since June 2010 - not 2 years.
The HDD does keep going through Chkdsk and fixing stuff when I recover boot.
Does the code give any helpful info about the source of the problem?

Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1
Dell Studio XPS 1340
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz 2.53 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.75 GB usable)
System type: 64-bit Operating System
Pen and Touch: No Pen or Touch Input is available for this Display

The E and C drive are on the same HDD.

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 246,79 GB (264,989,626,368 bytes)
Free Space 58.71 GB (63,036,121,088 bytes)
Volume Name Windows
Volume Serial Number 304637BC
Drive D:
Description CD-ROM Disc
Drive E:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 204.28 GB (219,345,317,888 bytes)
Free Space 75.12 GB (80,657,899,520 bytes)
Volume Name Data
Volume Serial Number 247664B0

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thank you. I installed WinDbg, and managed to read the dump file, which is posted here. It says on the Windows website that "A hardware device, its driver, or related software might have caused this error" But I can't tell which one....

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, thanks for that. I installed WinDbg so I could open the memory dump, and see that Bugcheck 7A means probably some kind of hardware or driver error, but I am stymied as to figuring out what it is. I've attached a .txt file of the memory dump.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, I'm getting BSOD extremely frequently over the last 24 hours. The blue screen says:

Kernal Data Inpage Error,
and
0x0000007a.

but goes by too fast for me to copy down any other code.

It also recommended stopping "Cache Shadowing" in the BIOS, but I could not find this option in the BIOS.

I've tried rebooting in safe more after a couple of these BSOD's and Windows stopped loading at the following line both times:
Windows\system32\drivers\bftpdskc64.sys

I'm not sure if this is a virus or a windows problem, so I'm posting in Windows, but with the requisite preliminary research recommended in the virus threads. I have done all the "read before you post" virus scans, but am having trouble completing the MBAM scan, as it BSOD's before the scan can complete.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool detected nothing.
ATF Cleaner: Cleaned
GMER did a preliminary scan on opening, but no results were posted. Most of the checkboxes, including the ones mentioned, were greyed out and did not allow checking.
I can't upload the GMER one.log, but have uploaded the GMER two.log.

I did a quick MBAM scan which is posted as QuickMBAM.txt I will try to do a full scan. I've found that the MBAM log folder has been deleted, and any logs are being prevented from saving there. I save them under other names and locations as soon as they pop up, and can thus post them.

The long MBAM has been interrupted …

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thanks. I have backed up.

I ran the sfc scan, and it didn't solve the problem. But it produced the attached report - is it helpful? It was originally titled CBS.log, I've renamed it to CBS.log.txt for uploading.

Many thanks for your help!

Michael

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

When explorer resets, it also tries to send a file back to Windows. It's called WER64D1.tmp.hdmp Is that useful for anyone for analysis?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

I've further found that certain clicks in the Control Panel (such as managing backups) also causes explorer to fail.
In addition, my computer just spontaneously crashed tonight, with no warning - just froze for 10 minutes and then rebooted. It went through a self disk-check, but only found one .tmp file that it associated with a directory.
This is getting dangerous! I'm worried about losing work. I don't believe there's a disk problem, since the Disk Check didn't find anything - but I'm open to investigating. However, I think the issue of explorer.exe closing spontaneously is a soft error. What to do???

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Dear Thomas;

Thank you but this also produced no results.

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Thanks biggeo65 and Jingda. Jingda, I didn't see your post earlier, so I tried using both softwares. I disabled first half of everything in ShellMenu and no result. I then re-enabled and disabled the other half. No dice.
ShellexView was more complicated, as some Windows Office softwares are connected to the system(?) and I was told disabling them could prevent me starting up again. So I disabled everything I could that was either created or modified on or since the time of crash. No results, right-click still crashed explorer.
I don't know if I was using the software correctly - was I supposed to reboot each time after disabling something?

@Jingda - thanks. This thread is in Windows - should I somehow repost it to viruses?

Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hello;

I got some kind of infection or something last week, which caused my virus software not to update, and finally my computer to totally crash and would not reboot. I successfully recovered my system from an image (it was one level up of messy from actual system restore - which never works, why is that?).

Now explorer.exe crashes and restarts whenever I right click on files in explorer (not folders, they work as normal). This is true whether I click a file in a folder, or a file appearing over the Windows button.

I need the right click for all kinds of things.

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

Michael

Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Malicious Software Remover found nothing.
ATF Cleaner: Done.
GMER.one scan did not post any results (I think this is due to Win7 64bit).
Gmer two.LOG Follows
MBAM found nothing.
DDS.txt follows
Attach.txt is available. I received three different instructions for this which were confusing. The webpage says paste in the page. The pop-up window says do no post, but attach the file. Attach.txt itself says do not post. I have not attached it, pending further instructions.

GMER 1.0.15.15641 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url]
Rootkit scan 2011-07-27 23:10:32
Windows 6.1.7600  
Running: 3z7gk5t8.exe


---- Registry - GMER 1.0.15 ----

Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\701a049c7429                                                        


Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\701a049c7437                                                        


Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\70f1a101fac3                                                          


Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\70f1a101fac3@58170ce50349                                 

                                                0x60 0x25 0xF5 0xB7 ...
Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\70f1a101fac3@0023d4a9e78f                                  

                                               0x5F 0x25 0x35 0x2B ...
Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT 
\Parameters\Keys\904ce5fa4793                                                         


Reg   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\sptd\Cfg@s1 …
Michael_SB 0 Newbie Poster

Hi. Your point about Ad-aware noted, thanks. I'll be sure to use Sophos first in the future.

Problems solved once I manually deleted the Registry Entry and the associated folders in the Firefox directory.
But I was quite surprised a) that MBAM didin't find it, and b) that it was possible to do so by manually looking for "suspicious" registry keys. I clearly just got lucky this time.

Maybe dsc.exe has beaten out MBAM? I'm curious if Sophos would find it, but I'm not going to get reinfected just to test it out.