Hey everyone!
So.. I've got a machine on one of my networks that was victim to a nasty virus a few months back. I cleaned it and verified that it was healthy again and sent it on it's way.
Yesterday, our IP was blacklisted for spam suddenly. After checking the logs from the mail service and firewall.... the same little machine showed up as the culprit.
I pulled it into the shop and cleaned it again (different virus/trojan this time.. both times due to the user disabling the network AV) and decided to make sure this lil' guy was all up to date.
Windows update services are missing. Not only are they missing from Services.msc but also the associated files are missing. Wuauserv and BITS
I've read around and have seen people with similar problems of windows update not working. Not many have drilled down into these files being missing or described a fix for the problem.
Ordinarily, I'd just wipe the disk and re-install the OS but this particular machine has a few software applications for the company that are... um.. troublesome to re-install due to the manufacturer being a PITA about licensing and usage records. (It's all legitimate and paid for, they just register the CPU once on their servers and then tell you to go buy another copy if something happens to that machine)
I'd like to avoid a wipe/re-install if at all possible.
I've tried:
MS fixit for restarting Windows Update
Turning off automatic updates and then turning them back on again
CAT.exe tool (crisis aversion tool)
The usage of all those is what drilled me down to the fact that the files were missing out of system32 and not showing up in the services store.
So.. I've got a machine on one of my networks that was victim to a nasty virus a few months back. I cleaned it and verified that it was healthy again and sent it on it's way.
Yesterday, our IP was blacklisted for spam suddenly. After checking the logs from the mail service and firewall.... the same little machine showed up as the culprit.
I pulled it into the shop and cleaned it again (different virus/trojan this time.. both times due to the user disabling the network AV) and decided to make sure this lil' guy was all up to date.
Windows update services are missing. Not only are they missing from Services.msc but also the associated files are missing. Wuauserv and BITS
I've read around and have seen people with similar problems of windows update not working. Not many have drilled down into these files being missing or described a fix for the problem.
Ordinarily, I'd just wipe the disk and re-install the OS but this particular machine has a few software applications for the company that are... um.. troublesome to re-install due to the manufacturer being a PITA about licensing and usage records. (It's all legitimate and paid for, they just register the CPU once on their servers and then tell you to go buy another copy if something happens to that machine)
I'd like to avoid a wipe/re-install if at all possible.
I've tried:
MS fixit for restarting Windows Update
Turning off automatic updates and then turning them back on again
CAT.exe tool (crisis aversion tool)
The usage of all those is what drilled me down to the fact that the files were missing out of system32 and not showing up in the services store.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Service Pack 1Intel i7-2600K OC to 3.8GhzCorsair Vengence 16GB (X4 4GB)X2 EVGA GTX570 SLI
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Service Pack 1
- CPU
- Intel i7-2600K OC to 3.8Ghz
- Motherboard
- Asus TUF Sabertooth P67
- Memory
- Corsair Vengence 16GB (X4 4GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- X2 EVGA GTX570 SLI
- Sound Card
- Creative Soundblaster X-FI TI
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dual HP 2311 LED Displays
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1080 single / 3840X1080 desktop
- Hard Drives
- Crucial Force 3 SSD 120GB 6Gb/s ( OS Drive )
WD Caviar Black 2 TB 6 Gb/s (Data drive)
- PSU
- Kingwin Mach 1 1000w Modular 80+ Bronze
- Case
- AZZA solano 1000
- Cooling
- Zalmen 700 LED CPU, X2 240mm case fans , X3 120mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Razer Black Widow Mechanical
- Mouse
- Razer Mamba
- Internet Speed
- 26.7 mb/s Down / 7.39 Up
