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Sometimes in life you open doors that look pretty innocuous, but lead places you definitely don't want to go.
-I can't transfer files from my phone to my computer and vice versa anymore. Weird, I think.
-Hardware Properties says the device has no drive letter. Well, there's your problem.
-System Event Log says the Logical Disk Manager Service, a service that tells Windows what storage devices exist, what letters to use for them, how full they are, etc. couldn't interface with the device. That's why it has no letter. But why is LDMS failing? Also, Drive C is not present in the disk manager. Only the DVD drive is. Weird.
-Windows System Restore is an anti-virus/spyware/user error tool that reverts your system to an earlier state.
-Windows System Restore checks Drive C for 10% free space before it runs. If that check goes wrong, it doesn't throw an error - it just hangs. (Thanks MS).
-It checks Drive C using the Logical Disk Manager. Drive C is not present in my Logical Disk Manager.
-Lately I've been clicking links to things a lot and being sent to www.buycoolhouses.com or whatever.
-So, A fucking Trojan on my computer has sabotaged LDMS in an attempt to protect itself by making System Restore inoperable in an inconspicuous way!! Fucking genius.
-I cannot find the trojan using antispyware tools even though it is a common, known type.
-The trojan is therefore hiding behind a rootkit and this computer will never be able to self-diagnose. I will need to put this hard drive into another computer (or get a boot disc MAYBE, which I do not have) in order to even see the files comprising this motherfucker.
-I am owned. All this because I couldn't put a fucking rap song on my cellular telephone.
Long story short, hackers are fucking geniuses who should get jobs and solve the world's problems please. We could use you.
-I can't transfer files from my phone to my computer and vice versa anymore. Weird, I think.
-Hardware Properties says the device has no drive letter. Well, there's your problem.
-System Event Log says the Logical Disk Manager Service, a service that tells Windows what storage devices exist, what letters to use for them, how full they are, etc. couldn't interface with the device. That's why it has no letter. But why is LDMS failing? Also, Drive C is not present in the disk manager. Only the DVD drive is. Weird.
-Windows System Restore is an anti-virus/spyware/user error tool that reverts your system to an earlier state.
-Windows System Restore checks Drive C for 10% free space before it runs. If that check goes wrong, it doesn't throw an error - it just hangs. (Thanks MS).
-It checks Drive C using the Logical Disk Manager. Drive C is not present in my Logical Disk Manager.
-Lately I've been clicking links to things a lot and being sent to www.buycoolhouses.com or whatever.
-So, A fucking Trojan on my computer has sabotaged LDMS in an attempt to protect itself by making System Restore inoperable in an inconspicuous way!! Fucking genius.
-I cannot find the trojan using antispyware tools even though it is a common, known type.
-The trojan is therefore hiding behind a rootkit and this computer will never be able to self-diagnose. I will need to put this hard drive into another computer (or get a boot disc MAYBE, which I do not have) in order to even see the files comprising this motherfucker.
-I am owned. All this because I couldn't put a fucking rap song on my cellular telephone.
Long story short, hackers are fucking geniuses who should get jobs and solve the world's problems please. We could use you.