Rootkit.Boot.SST.b is NOT coming off! PLEASE help
Posted: 17-Nov-2011 | 5:38PM · 37 Replies · Permalink
My laptop won't boot to windows and sits at a cursor just as soon as I turn it on. I took off the hard disk and scanned it on another machine as a secondary drive and the ( Rootkit.Boot.SST.b ) came up and no antivirus program can't delete it, cure it or quaranteen it! Please help on how to get it taken off. I have read many forums and still no luck. Seems no one knows how so that is why I cam to Norton as Symantec has been the best one I've ever found and has worked for me. Thanks, Chepo
Re: Rootkit.Boot.SST.b is NOT coming off! PLEASE help
Posted: 18-Nov-2011 | 3:35PM · Permalink
Theory of one way
For MaxSS / SST.*
People who can't load the Boot Sector (MBR) for the Windows Partition due to MaxSS infection causing Black Screen with blinking white cursor on boot.
Run a Bootable CD partition manager, I think Paragon as a free version,Boot from CD (Quads has different tools) may be others.
Run Partition Manager You will see the MaxSS / SST. (a or b) created partition set to active and the OS /Windows partition not being set to "active"
Reset your OS /Windows partition to "Active" so later when booting from the Hard Drive, it will now boot the Windows partition.
Delete or Deactivate the MaxSS partition by removing the "Active" flag. The MaxSS partition can be deleted later through the Windows Computer Management once the user is sure.
Confirm the changes and restart the PC to boot from the Hard Drive, it should now be loading the Windows Partition and thus loading windows.
I suggest using a bootable CD to be able to recover you personal files off first, there is always a risk of things going wrong with Rookit / Bootkit removal proceedures!!!
Quads