Reinstalling after FakeSysdef

[justaguy168]

My computer was recently infected by Win32:FakeSysdef-OI or some variant, many files were hidden, and settings files were moved to unknown locations or erased. I considered trying to fix this myself but ponied up the change for Geeksquad. I will have to say it was worth the money. Two techs worked a good 9 hours to repair it.

While my computer runs fast and my user files are back, they were not able to restore absolutely everything and I'm due for a clean install anyway. Is it advisable for me to scrub my hard drives? I have a 1.5 TB spindle drive and a Crucial 64 GB m4 SSD. Is DBAN advisable? Will I wear out my SSD? What's the best way to ensure a clean re-install and prevent any dormant vestiges of the virus from reappearing? Geeksquad basically threw every major virus scrubber at my computer. Should I just be content to erase and re-install?

Also found this in my "homework search:"

As for the looping Windows install, make sure you're doing a full fresh "Custom" install, not a Repair. If you want to vaporize the contents of the drive to make sure it's clean, try out DBAN from http://dban.sourceforge.net (but be careful not to have any extra drives connected, it'll wipe them too).

Once that's done, check that your SATA controllers are in the desired mode in the BIOS (AHCI being preferable) and install Windows from the top. This is Win7, right?

 

[denis280]

Originally Posted by mechBgon View Post As for the looping Windows install, make sure you're doing a full fresh "Custom" install, not a Repair. If you want to vaporize the contents of the drive to make sure it's clean, try out DBAN from http://dban.sourceforge.net (but be careful not to have any extra drives connected, it'll wipe them too). Once that's done, check that your SATA controllers are in the desired mode in the BIOS (AHCI being preferable) and install Windows from the top. This is Win7, right?

you found your answer.

 

[sm625]

I have fixed several sysguard infections in 3 minutes or less. It is expecially easy to do if you already have free malwarebytes installed, which every pc should. All you do is rename the executable to explorer.exe and it runs. That's the trick when it wont let you run anything... you just rename the program you want to run, and then it runs just fine.