Serious error message won't go away

[kayson]

My comp BSOD'd a while ago. I restarted and got this error message saying I had a virus. Ran virus scans and spyware scans a whole bunch, and my system is totally clean. Now every time I boot up, I get the "The system has recovered form a serious error" message. No matter what I click, the box just pops back up again. I can't get rid of it. I tried recreating the pagefile, but that didn't work. Any ideas?

 

[Captain Newbie]

My comp BSOD'd a while ago. I restarted and got this error message saying I had a virus. Ran virus scans and spyware scans a whole bunch, and my system is totally clean. Now every time I boot up, I get the "The system has recovered form a serious error" message. No matter what I click, the box just pops back up again. I can't get rid of it. I tried recreating the pagefile, but that didn't work. Any ideas?

Take a gander at Event Viewer.

 

[corruption]

Can you click on "details" and let us know what it says? Also check the event manager and see if there is a logged event concerning the error. These details concerning the error are vital to assisting you with correcting the problem.

 

[redduc900]

It might also help to know which OS you're running, including any SP installed.

 

[kayson]

I'm running XP Pro SP2. The event viewer shows system errors everytime I boot. It goes online to find details about the error and all it says is that there was a system error.

The error report sends 2 files. A dmp file and an xml file with all my devices and processes.

Here's the event view details:
Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 bafd0497, parameter3 b84b1994, parameter4 00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

As a temporary solution I've disabled the error reporting service, but I'd like to fix the problem.

 

[redduc900]

My guess is that your system is infected with the rustock.b rootkit. Download and run the Rustbfix.exe from MajorGeeks here...

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=111077

 

[kayson]

My guess is that your system is infected with the rustock.b rootkit. Download and run the Rustbfix.exe from MajorGeeks here...

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=111077

Ran that and it didnt find anything:

************************* Rustock.b-fix -- By ejvindh *************************
Sun 04/08/2007 15:30:39.17

No Rustock.b-rootkits found

******************************* End of Logfile ********************************

 

[RollingThunder]

My guess is that your system is infected with the rustock.b rootkit. Download and run the Rustbfix.exe from MajorGeeks here...

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=111077

Red,

What are the suggested good programs to install for periodical use to find and remove rootkits?

Microsoft has this one:

http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/RootkitRevealer.zip

 

[redduc900]

MS's RootKitRevealer and Malicious Software Removal Tool are both good, and what I've always used...

Malicious Software Removal Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

MS also has this site available in which you can perform an online scan for malicious software...

Live OneCare safety scanner
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx