Can I Run TDSSKiller from Recovery Console?

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boweasel

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A helpful gentleman in the Crashes and Debugging Forum suggested that the cause of my 0x7B BSOD was a rootkit virus (see http://www.vistax64.com/crashes-debugging/289114-need-advice-0x7b-bsod.html for my original posting to that forum).

I have extracted TDSSKiller.exe onto a flash drive, which I can access from the Vista Recovery Console command prompt using a recovery disk. But since I'm unable to access my PC's hard drive, when I run TDSSKiller it seems to only be checking my flash drive for problems.

How can I access my OS to get rid of the virus? When I run SeaTools it does find my hard drive (and detects one error), so I know that it is there, and readable.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD BluRay & DVD Weiters HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
Lottiemansion said:
Hi,

Look here for the boot medium you need: -

Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
Click to expand...

I've downloaded and created the resue disk. Thank you. Meanwhile, I've taken the HD out of the 'broken' PC and hooked it up to another PC. I tried to run a scan (Malwarebytes) on the drive, but it came up clean and seemed to take almost no time at all to complete, which has me puzzled. Am now in the process of copying pictures, documents, videos, etc to an external HD. Once I get that done I'll put the drive back in the chassis and run the rescue disk. If it works I will have already backed up my data. If it doesn't, I'll use the Gateway Recovery disks to reinstall, then copy all the stuff from the external.
 

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Doesn't work! If you can't find the operating system because of some virus or other it seems you can't do squat, no matter how many tools you think you have.
 

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You're better off to do a clean install or take it back to the 'factory' installation.
Rootkits are nasty and you can never be sure if your computer will be stable again.

Be careful and mindful of the data you add back in.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
    Motherboard
    INTEL/D975XBX2
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 914v
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device. One is not connected
    PSU
    Rocketfish 700 W
    Case
    G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
    Mouse
    Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    DSL
    Other Info
    ATI HDMI Audio
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