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Can't find wsaupdater to fix userinit.exe

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RobertGump   02-11-2009 at 07:21:12 AM

I ran a spyware program and now the computer logs off as soon as I log on. I cannot remote into it because my network won't find it. I've booted into the recovery console to the command prompt and followed everyone's instructions except that I don't have userinit.exe or wsaupdater.exe??? What gives? Can I just rebuild the boot? MBR? Is thre a way to edit the registry from the dos prompt...help!

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MrLinux   02-11-2009 at 11:39:31 AM
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What "spyware" program did you run, and where did you get it?
Not all spyware programs remove spyware, some of them install it.

Have you tried doing a Windows repair from the instalation disk.

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RobertGump   02-13-2009 at 05:34:23 AM
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MrLinux wrote :

What "spyware" program did you run, and where did you get it?
Not all spyware programs remove spyware, some of them install it.

Have you tried doing a Windows repair from the instalation disk.




The computer had become infected with the "Antivirus2009" malware. I used windows malicious removal tool and after I ran it, my computer logs in then logs me off. I looked for answers on this site and it seemed like the likely culprit was my userinit.exe and wsaupdater file were gone or corrupt. I piggybacked the harddrive and located the userinit file under c:\WINDOWS but not in c:\windows\system32. I was hoping that I could just take the userinit file from the installation disk in the I386 file and copy/paste. Would that work? There is no wsaupdater anywhere on my drive.
I am able to get to recovery console on the installation disk but I was afraid to go any further until I heard back. I don't want to lose any data so I want to approach this cautiously. Do I do recovery console or repair?
Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated...

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