Trojan found - reboot - now Error loading operating system

[dbomb]

My computer is infected with a trojan. When I realized it I ran MalwareBytes, it froze while attempting to run but had already identified three instances of a trojan (net.net) on the machine.

Nothing was responding so I rebooted the machine (now clearly a mistake)

Now the PC will not boot it says "Error loading operating system". I cannot get to Windows safe mode.

What do I do?

[dbomb]

I was able to get to the Windows Recovery Console but I am unsure what to do from here. Can I run MalwareBytes or HiJackThis from the Windows Recovery Console? Can anyone tell me how?

[kahdah]

Hello dbomb

Welcome to Malwarebytes.

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Select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console...by number (usually 1)

When you are prompted to do so, type the Administrator password. If you have not set an administrator password, leave it blank and just press "Enter".

At the Recovery Console command prompt, type chkdsk /r and press Enter.

This will send the system through a series of checks and possibly fix the boot issue.

Once it is done type in exit and it will restart the computer.

See if you get back into Windows.

If not we will try something else.

[dbomb]

Thanks for your response.

After running chkdsk /r it says

"This volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."

That doesn't sound good....

[dbomb]

Thanks for your response.

After running chkdsk /r it says

This volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems.

That doesn't sound good....

[kahdah]

Well it isn't sounds like the hard drive has failed.

I suggest backing up your documents to an external drive and get a new drive and reinstall Windows on it.

You can make a bootable linux disk to boot from and recover your data.

Instructions can be found here:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...ndows-computer/

Hope that helps out.

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