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Windows won't boot after Security Master AV removal


De3rcr

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Hi, I have a pc that was infected with security master av. After installing mbam it could not get updates but I ran the quick scan anyway and it found like 600 infected items, then I clicked remove selected and it removed what it needed and rebooted. After the reboot chdsk ran and it was recovering orphaned files for about a half an hour then it finished and tried to boot it gave me an error

STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}

The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of

0xc000026c (0x00000000 0x00000000)

I looked up this error and found that it might be win32k.sys so I copied it from a boot cd that I have and now when windows boots it just comes up to a black screen and there is no hard drive activity.

I'm hoping that I don't have to reinstall windows, I just want to get windows running so I can post in the malware removal forums.

Any help?

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Hi, and Welcome to Malwarebytes!

Please read the following so that you can begin the cleaning process:

As we don't deal with malware removal in the General Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Forum, you need to start a topic in the Malware Removal forum so a qualified helper can help you fix any malware related problems/infections you may have.

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