Serious Computer Problems, all help wanted Options

[HaysoosKreesto]

Alright, this is going to take the likes of an expert. I have spent all my knowledge of this computer and it still remains unusable.

So this is the situation. Apparently one of the people who owned this computer had downloaded a virus while download porn or music. Limewire strikes again some would say.

I thought this would be a simple issue of just installing anti-virus/ anti-malware. Problem is, I am 90% certain this is a bot and not a virus or malware. So what happened is that something has created an new Administrator account called Administrators, using that account, had weakened the Admin account so I can't change the Administrators account.

The new admin account had made it so that I cannot install any new programs, nor could I use the internet. Not only that, but now I can't change any settings because I don't have permission in any account to do so.

I tried using Slackware to see if I could see the account and its password, but I couldn't. I tried using ERD 2005 and 2007 to see if I could change it through there however everytime I tried to use it, the computer would BSoD on me so I had no luck with that. I tried using CCleaner, no luck. I tried using Malwarebytes, couldn't install. I tried installing HiJack this, and it wouldn't install. I tried all of this in safe mode, no dice. I tried getting the i386 presets on the computer, but no dice as well.

What am I missing to complete this project? What haven't I tried?

[lagos]

XP licenses are virtually gone now. Should I convert them to linux? This computer cannot support Vista or 7, and I hate dealing with the licensing people from India. They can't use 98 se or 2k because they need modern access to the internet. I can download an illegal copy for them, would I be liable if they were to stupidly be caught?

I had to deal with a similar situation recently on my moms windows XP laptop that contracted a terrible virus.

I finally had enough, and decided to convert her to Linux by installing it on her laptop. She honestly could be happier with her computer now. With windows XP her machine would often slow down a lot, because it only had 512megs of ram, and with virus scanners, internet explorer running it would bog down quite a bit. Now with Ubuntu on there it runs so much faster and there is no risk of any virus or spyware stealing her personal info as she does quite a bit of online banking.

So download a linux iso and burn it to disk. You can boot into the OS right off the cd and see how well it runs on that computer before installing anything. You can even use it to inspect the windows xp drive and backup any important files or pictures that they might have had on it.

If you want a good distro, I highly recommend Linux Mint. Its based on Ubuntu (most popular Linux distro) but it looks more sleek and comes with all the codecs and plugins that they might need for the web.

http://www.linuxmint.com/

dude idk why but for me as well my harddrive just crashed on me last night as well on my other laptop it lets me start on safe mode but none of the i.e systems work and when i try to boot it up normal it doesnt load any files it just says loading for like 3 hours already i think thier is something new out there lurking around cause **** its got me so mad!! i was thinkin i just may have to reboot my computer idk yet, sorry to add this to your link but im so looking for help right now on this, has anyone heard of something going on, is the y2k bug coming back? lol

That sounds more like a physical problem with your hard drive. Try running scan disk on it to see if you have a damaged drive. Its also a good idea to clean out all the dust in your system with compressed air, as overheating can cause a lot of similar issues.