So far seems to be running pretty smoothly and much faster! Is there anything else I should do?
It didn't look to me like my technophobe son even had a virus protector on here! What should I make sure is loaded and running to keep things from happening again? I put MSE on here to check thing when this started and have set it to realtime, but I use AVG on our desktop so not so familiar with MSE. Suggestions would really be appreciated!
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Infected is Win7 home premium 64 bit (clean is Vista home premium 32)
I can't possibly thank you enough for your help. You've saved a poor college kid at least several hundred dollars and a panic purchase before school starts. I'll be sure that he knows he must keep MSE going on here and run MB weekly. And I will definitely be bookmarking this site, lol.
Thank you again. I appreciate your time and infinite patience.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer
OS
Infected is Win7 home premium 64 bit (clean is Vista home premium 32)
Go ahead and remove all the log files and the programs that were used. No point of keeping them cause they update periodically. You could keep TFC if you would like.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
When I ran bootrec.exe /scanos from the command prompt (booted with System Repair) it said 0 installations found. I went into diskpart and marked the OS partition ACTIVE
DISKPART and press Enter.
LIST DISK and press Enter.
SELECT DISK N and press Enter (N represents the disk you want).
LIST PARTITION and press Enter.
SELECT PARTITION N and press Enter (N represents the partition you want).
ACTIVE and press Enter.
EXIT and press Enter.
Startup repair reboot