Cheweys Browser Redirect Issue

[Cheweybacca]

Normally I dont like to run a fix without confirmation from another tool which I dont see in any of the logs and also we seem to have exhausted other possible causes for the redirects along with other utilities to use. So since this is the case I dont see any other option but to use the Fixmbr tool in aswMBR.exe.

Do you have data/files you dont want to lose backed up to other media, just as a precaution? The tool will rewrite a new master boot record to the hard drive.

Ok Shelf - I better do a backup so. Is a MBR rewrite high risk ? What exactly is an MBR ?


Do you have any ideas how to resolve the windows update issues (see above) that the last run of combofix appears to have caused ?
I can see these errors in the windows event viewer.

 

[shelf life]

Its not high risk, its actually quick and simple. Its just if something goes wrong you would be left with a unbootable machine. The larger concern now is the redirection issue. We can resolve the update issue later.

MBR

 

[Cheweybacca]

Its not high risk, its actually quick and simple. Its just if something goes wrong you would be left with a unbootable machine. The larger concern now is the redirection issue. We can resolve the update issue later.

MBR

Just back from hols :

1 more question. My harddrive is encrypted by truecrypt. I input a password at boot time before XP loads. Could the MBR rewrite impact clash with this ?

 

[shelf life]

Welcome back, its been awhile. In fact, since its been almost 1 month then we should get some new logs before you do anything. No doubt everything has been updated so we might get some new clues in the logs. So...

If you havent yet you can remove combofix like this:
start>run and type in combofix /uninstall and click ok or enter
note the space after the x and before the /.
You can delete tdsskiller icon and the aswmbr icon, log and .dat file from the desktop also.

Download new copies of each and run in this order:

tdsskiller
aswmbr scan and save log
Combofix Read the guide first.

Post the logs
Do you by chance have the original Windows XP installation media for your machine?