Comments on: Geek Repair: Create Your Own Ultimate Recovery CD

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:02:31 +0000

Where did you get this window version of MbrFix v1.0.0.8?
I can’t find this version anywhere.

By: MD7212

MD7212 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:02:01 +0000

Hi Geek,

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:55:11 +0000

Robert: run ComboFix. You might have to rename the .exe to do so. This will remove this variant of SmitFraud.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:51:13 +0000

GREAT !!!
my question is….( i have had this SpywareProtect 2009 virus since January) it won’t let me boot or reboot my desktop PC. and when i run in Safe mode, i can’t do nothing. One time it allowed me to log on to windows but then there’s this pop-up: (windows system cannot verify (null) and it’s component. please check and type it again and search for it) i think it’s the virus doing that or something. Anyway can i download the UBCD from another PC and burn it onto a CD and put it in my infected PC? would it work?
please help me out…

By: oc5609

oc5609 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:06:57 +0000

will this work without the windows xp disk?
and can i back up all photo’s from this as well?

Help please

Thanks

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:01:12 +0000

@bennet: I think so. You can access you files with this and save them to a floppy, external hard drive or burn them to a CD.
There is also another article on this site for using a Ubuntu disc to do that if you either have a Ubuntu disc already or don’t have a Windows XP disc to make a UBCD4Win disc with.

By: bennet

bennet — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:17:28 +0000

can i retrieve my files from my laptop with this?
(i have a windows xp startup failure)

By: Logik

Logik — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:54:11 +0000

indeed a very useful article.

@ br0adband
how am i suppose to update the virus definitions? lets assume that i am on a bootable USB pendrive?

By: br0adband

br0adband — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:45:54 +0000

And, after you’ve created this wonderful CD customized to your tastes, if you have a spare 1GB USB stick laying around not doing much at all, you can transfer the contents of the UBCD4Win directly to the USB stick and end up with a bootable USB stick version of it using a utility called PE2USB, which you can find more about here:

http://gocoding.com/page.php?al=petousb

Very cool utility, and booting off the USB stick version is quite a bit faster as well. Also makes it easier to update the AV signatures as required.

If you do make a UBCD4Win, here’s the best tip I can offer: use a CDRW – that way you can update it any time you choose just by erasing it and updating it with whatever new utilities you choose to add.

Have fun, always…

By: Hojji

Hojji — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:09:25 +0000

I have a laptop (HP) that asked me to create a recovery cd, which I never did. I now have problems due to a virus and need to create this cd. And obvously, this tool would help alot. Anyone have any ideas for me?
Thanks.