possible mbr virus?

[ndrew2505]

i had a version of xp pro installed on the system when i started having problems the other day... i came home from work to find my computer turned off. when i tried to boot it it kept hanging up on the xp boot screen and wouldnt boot in safe mode. i took it that the OS got corrupted somehow so i was just going to reformat but the next version of xp pro i put on there had the same symptoms, i changed hdd's(have 2x 1tb in computer) and disconnected the first one. after formatting and installing it still keeps giving me a BSOD or hanging up at the boot screen. i usually use eset av but one this happened i tried the kaspersky rescue disc to no effect. the reason i think it may be an MBR virus is b/c the xp version im using comes preinstalled with driver packs. after the initial windows setup when it does the runonce command to install the driver packs it gave me an error saying the runonce could not be completed b/c of a possible MBR infection. anyone have any ideas on what to do? the system has 2x 1tb hdd's. both were hooked up when the problem started but after the problem kept happening on the C: drive i unhooked it and formatted the other to install the os on. neither drive can completely boot into windows. if it does make it to windows i get a BSOD with a 0x000002c error. neither eset nor kaspersky rescue disc have detected anything so far. ive also tested all 4 ram sticks seperately and removed video/sound card but the errors still happen. both 1tb drives are seagate barracuda 7200rpm. i dont think the drives "just went bad" b/c both are bad/wont boot and one is never used. at the moment i dont know whats wrong... :(

ive used 3 versions of xp if you include the one that originally crapped out. the second was xp pro sp3 and the last was a version ive used before and never had a problem with(xp pro black edition 4.19.2009). all 3 versions show the same symptoms with the BSOD's and locking up.

the xp pro black edition was the one that made me think it may be an MBR virus. during the driver pack install the runonce command had an error and from what i scanned over said it may be a MBR virus.

also atm i cant get into windows at all... if i do get in its only for ~1sec and then i get a BSOD.

BSOD error:

bad_pool_caller

0x000000c2 (0x00000007 0x00000cd4 0x02040001 0x899451f8)

also got this one once:

server_irql_not_less_or_equal

0x000000004 0x00000002 0x00000000 0xb418015f

also says ustorage.sys-address b418015f base at b417c000, datestamp 49e3fd73

[Boris]

This problem has also been posted here :-
/>http://laserpointerforums.com/f60/possible-mbr-virus-49520.html

[ndrew2505]

This problem has also been posted here :-
/>http://laserpointerforums.com/f60/possible-mbr-virus-49520.html

yes it was posted by me. i dont expect alot of windows experts on a laser forum... thanks for the insight.

[Boris]

As far as I can ascertain "xp pro black edition 4.19.2009" is not a genuine Microsoft released software version, but comes through file sharing/torrents. If you make use of such releases you cannot expect to be without problems

[Alan2273]

If you have another computer that is working try using Kaspersky rescue disk, you need to download the ISO then burn it to disk then boot the infected computer from the disk. this URL will tell you how to proceed.
/>http://billmullins.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/kaspersky-rescue-disk-the-ultimate-malware-solution/

XP Pro black is pirated software so could have something to do with your problems.

[Seshomaru Samma]

I would suggest a hardware problem

You can use thenuke and boot CD to wipe the mbr if you think there's a virus there, but that sounds highly unlikely since Windows rewrites the MBR every time it installs.