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Poweliks removal without admin permissions?
Thanks a million (trillion these days?) all you volunteers who help us clueless geek wannabees. You are the bombs for doing this!
So...back to work!
Every user & group now has special permissions with checks in grayed-out boxes. Trusted Installer as a user seems to have total control of the PC. I can't run anything UAC needs permission for, and cannot get elevated admin rights in safe mode.
I tried a Hiren's-style CD full of various utilities in safe mode to change the admin password back to mine. Said it was successful, but it wasn't. I think this nasty bug takes ownership of anything you work with - mouse click, command line, even security web pages. It glitched for a second and I saw it replace the ESET page with something else, then overlay that with maybe a spoof of the ESET page that took 10 seconds to load!
The concept I'm thinking of is using my Vista PC to sterilize a thumb drive and load all the offline installers found in the various Poweliks and similar threads onto it in case I need them. (I'd like to be able to run the online installers from the thumb drive, too, but don't know how.)
Then boot my 7PC into safe w/ networking and run this ESET Poweliks remover from the thumb drive if possible:
FULL REMOVAL PACKAGE
ESET | Antivirus, Internet Security Software & Virus Protection :: Download :: Thank You
http://download.eset.com/manuals/ese...tguide_enu.pdf
http://download.eset.com/manuals/ese...rguide_enu.pdf
ADDITIONAL INFO FOR PACKAGE
http://kb.eset.com/library/ESET/KB%2...icesRepair.exe
How do I remove a Poweliks or Gootkit infection? - ESET Knowledgebase
KernelMode.info
How do I remove a Poweliks or Gootkit infection? - ESET Knowledgebase
Any thoughts, my beloved security geeks? Or point me in the right direction if I've veered off the path.