astro_boy

Ok so i have it just about working.
After you login no errors anymore, background pops up,
Wait about 40seconds then desktop pops up and everything looks to be working fine!
This was after a few of the suggested Reg edits
and removing some programs from the startup.

Not sure why it has such a delay though.

nopro

Dose anyone remember any unusual happening like a pop up I had a thing pop up, it said windows has had a security breach click here to fix, it had Microsoft on the top of it I click it, it came up and said I have porn on my hard drive then it went away everything was going fine all night but when I went to shut down it tuck 15 minutes to shut down I had to keep hitting the shut down button.
And then the next day it would not start up
P.S I was not on any porn sites.

ssrattus

Is this a new problem after you reformatted due to the userinit.exe problem? Or is this what probably caused the problem? Your first mistake was to click on the pop-up, I very much doubt it was a genuine windows message, probably a pop up due to either some malware on your PC possibly due to either not having an up to date java or not keeping your windows up to date and getting infected visiting a dubious web site or running some downloaded application that has malware in it.

If it is a new problem start a new thread in Security and Privacy - Austech as this thread is getting confusing with multiple posters and their problems.

As a first step go to this site Malware Removal and Prevention: Overview - CastleCopsWiki and follow ALL the steps, reading the instructions and do what they advise. Don't stop early as you may have some other malware lurking.

PhillTheQuad

just reading on ocau different guy, same problem
may be related to msconfig
select normal startup in msconfig
see if it fixes the problem.

nopro

No I think this mite of bin what caused the problem and yes I agree I don’t normally click on any pop up but I was on a safe family sort of site and it tuck me by surprise.
My computer is going well now but its going to be awhile before I get it back to what is was.
What is this Java and where do you get it.

ssrattus

Java is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems where a program is written once and can run on many different machines, ie PCs, Macs and Linux . It is therefore often used on the internet as embedded applets that do things ie interactive weather displays etc. It is not as popular nowadays due to Flash doing similar jobs.

If you don't have Java, it is probably OK, if you have a buggy old version of Java it might be exploited by maliciously coded web pages.

To see if you have java installed and what version click here Verify Java Version

to install:

Download Free Java Software - Sun Microsystems

best4less

ssrattus Thats a sweet link takes all the hard work out of
looking up versions Blah Blah ..

Verified Java Version
Congratulations!
You have the recommended Java installed (Version 6 Update 6).

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nopro

Thanks ssrattus
I don’t have it installed and when I try to download it, it says your browser will not open the page, try later.
Browser is ie7 I will try later

Krustyone

I had the same problem..

I tried doing a manual system recovery through Recovery Console but I lost all of my settings so I reversed this.

I then ran Malwarebytes Anti- Malware which fix the problem.. My machine was infected.