Windows files broken after a series of unsolicited shutdowns

Steve06

I do see something in the log . I will have to have someone come up with a fix for you

Lets see if we could fix the problem with Kaspersky rescue

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Ok let's see what Kaspersky locates . It's a much better rescue software than WDO .

Steve06,

Looks like a few serious problems were pointed out earlier on this thread, and you mentioned a Windows 7 install, or possibly Windows 8.

You ran AntiVirus checks using: MSE, AVG Free, and Bitdefender Rescue CD, and nothing was detected.

There are some unusual entries in the FRST report, however, if you wish to pursue this route, you will need to run FRST once again and post its result after running the Kaspersky Rescue CD. Also, the FRST report had some garbled entries, apparently from a failed translation.

If the BitDefender Rescue CD found nothing, would be surprised if Kaspersky did, but, you never know.

At this point in time, the problem does not appear to be a malware issue.

cottonball said:

At this point in time, the problem does not appear to be a malware issue.

I agree. One hypothesis is that the SSD got defective, but these Intel SSDs are generally known to be very reliable drives. I did a Google search on "intel 520 ssd failure" and the most common problem seems to be that the drives are not recognized anymore on a SATA level - which is not the case her.

On the other hand, I have never seen such a sudden devastation in an earlier very well-functioning system.
The alternative hypothesis seems to be that a sudden power off (of unknown cause) destroyed all these system files - but then I don't understand how it got worse and worse (I can't even log onto Windows anymore) although there were no new unexpected shutdowns.

UPDATE: Kapersky finished and did not find anything special.

Since there are some unusual entries in the FRST report, if you wish, you can run the following script. However, there is no guarantee that it will solve all the problems at hand, but, at this point...

On a clean computer, please open: Notepad
Copy/paste all the contents of the quote box below to Notepad (do not copy the word 'Quote').
Save it on the flash drive as: fixlist.txt

start
HKLM-x32\...\Winlogon: [Userinit] [x]
HKLM\...\Winlogon: [Shell] [x ] ()
HKLM-x32\...\Winlogon: [Shell] [x ] ()
HKLM\...\.exe: <===== ATTENTION!
HKLM\...\exefile\DefaultIcon: <===== ATTENTION!
HKLM\...\exefile\open\command: <===== ATTENTION!
Last Boot: 2013-05-05 01:35
end

WARNING: This script is written specifically for Steve06, for use on this particular computer.
Running the script on another computer may cause damage to the Operating System.

Now, in the infected computer, plug in the USB flash drive, and enter System Recovery Options as you did before.

Run FRST again, but this time press the Fix button just once, and wait.

When done, the tool makes a log on the flash drive. This time it is called: Fixlog.txt
Please post Fixlog.txt in your reply.