Re: anything to worry about??...
From: Ty (abc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/03
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:26:04 -0700
you've been extremely helpful! i did the system event log
and found that at the time of the occurence, the error was
a WINDOWS FILE PROTECTION error (EventID64008):
"The protected system file c:\windows\system32\es.dll
could not be verified as valid because Windows File
Protection is terminating. Use the SFC utility to verify
the integrity of the file at a later time."
could you explain this to me? thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>This would appear to be a hardware problem.
>
>Open the case and check all the cables, in particular the
power and data
>cables (both ends of the data cable!) that connect the
NTFS main drive to
>the motherboard and power supply.
>
>The machine appears not to be seeing the "main" NTFS
drive.
>
>
>"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0b7a01c36e39$78cd7d70$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> ok thanks! so a virus is ruled out. however, it
actually
>> happened again yesterday. i have two hard drives, one
>> formatted with the NTSF format (main) and the second
>> formatted with FAT32 (i took it from my old computer
that
>> booted win98). the computer would boot up, but it would
>> take me to a C:\ prompt, stating above that it's running
>> windows 98. i checked the DIR of the C:\ drive and it
>> only listed items from that second FAT32 harddrive, as
if
>> my FAT32 harddrive was the main drive with the OS. the
day
>> before, i was able to log onto xp fine, and had not
>> changed or unplugged any cables. could this be
associated
>> with the hardware issue you referred to as the main
cause
>> of this problem? thanks greatly!
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I'm not worried about viruses, then. The problem you
>> describe could
>> >definitely be a hardware issue, or perhaps a software
>> conflict of some sort.
>> >
>> >Event log: Right-click My Computer, and choose Manage.
>> >Click the Plus in front of Event Viewer, and then click
>> on System
>> >
>> >Look through the system events for ones surrounding the
>> time that you saw
>> >the blue-screen error.
>> >Look at items with a Red X Error type, or yellow
triangle
>> Warning type.
>> >
>> >I haven't got a crash-type event in my own log to look
at-
>> -but you will see
>> >a typical pattern of events at boot time, so maybe find
>> the boot after the
>> >crash, and look backwards to see if anything useful was
>> recorded.
>> >
>> >Sometimes the driver or system file involved in the
crash
>> will be recorded
>> >in the blue-screen message, which may also make it to
the
>> system log
>> >depending on the kind of crash--(i.e. whether the
system
>> was able to do the
>> >recording!)
>> >
>> >"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:0d0501c36cdc$98af8330$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> thanks for the reply. how would i go about checking
my
>> >> system event log? and what should i be looking for in
>> it?
>> >> i used liveupdate to update the virus definitions
(the
>> >> latest one was 8/20/03) and then scanned my whole
entire
>> >> computer which gave word that there were no errors.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >This isn't typical of Blaster, FWIW.
>> >> >
>> >> >When you get those blue screen errors, it is a good
>> idea
>> >> to record at least
>> >> >the first few lines of what's on there.
>> >> >
>> >> >You may find the details in your system event log,
>> though.
>> >> >
>> >> >Are your Norton virus signatures up to date?
>> >> >
>> >> >You might want to scan with an alternative online
>> >> scanner, just for a second
>> >> >opinion:
>> >> >
>> >> >http://housecall.antivirus.com
>> >> >
>> >> >"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:068c01c36c64$4b3a7ec0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> well, i turned on my computer today (for the
second
>> time
>> >> >> today..the first time everything went fine) and
>> realized
>> >> >> that it is not booting up. i have xp and it went
>> >> through
>> >> >> the data check (stage 1, 2, and 3 checks) and it
>> finds
>> >> >> numerous errors...it the pops up a blue screen
>> giving me
>> >> >> some error..well, i reboot, and then everything
works
>> >> fine
>> >> >> until it pops up another error: "invalid boot.ini
>> file
>> >> >> booting from C:\windows" and it reboots. the
thing
>> is
>> >> it
>> >> >> keeps doing this (rebooting). is this what the
>> blaster
>> >> >> worm virus does? because i wasn't sure. well,
after
>> a
>> >> few
>> >> >> more hours of this, i finally get the computer to
log
>> >> onto
>> >> >> my desktop, however my norton antivirus prompts me
>> that
>> >> it
>> >> >> is possible that an attacker might be trying to
>> disable
>> >> my
>> >> >> antivirus...so i did what symantec.com said to do
and
>> >> >> everytihng is fine..now that norton works fine
(as it
>> >> >> seems), i scanned my whole comp and there were no
>> >> viruses.
>> >> >> does this mean that there are no virus? and that i
>> >> >> shouldn't worry? any info would be greatly
>> appreciated!!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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