Ok, so my girl was using my computer, and when I ran a virus scan the next day I got a message saying that there was a virus called smitfraud-c. First, I booted into safe mode with networking, ran Malware Bytes, and it told me that I needed to restart to remove the virus. So, restart, boot back into safe mode, run MB again, and get the same message. So, then I tried to run Spybot Search and Destroy. When it asks to remove the virus and I say "yes" I get a message saying I'm not the administrator. So then, I just say "screw it" and I try to restore from a factory image because I had everything I needed backed up anyway. Go through that whole process, run Malware Bytes again, and get the same message. Another reboot doesn't fix the problem. Ok, so I go to this tech support service I pay for and the guy tells me that its a root.kit and that I need to run a certain tool to fix it. I kind of knew better, but I was getting desperate and ran it anyway. Well, it did something to my partition table cause now when I boot up I get a message saying "Invalid Partition Table". I don't know what to do now.
I'm assuming that if I just go buy another copy of 7, and then tell the computer to boot from the optical drive, reformat the drive, I'll be good to go. Is this the case? I have a Dell Inspiron, so should I buy a Dell copy of Windows 7? I ran the Dell Diagnostics Disk that came with it, and I ran a hardware check, and all of that came out ok. Am I going down the right path here? I could use any help you guys can give me, so thanks in advance.
I'm assuming that if I just go buy another copy of 7, and then tell the computer to boot from the optical drive, reformat the drive, I'll be good to go. Is this the case? I have a Dell Inspiron, so should I buy a Dell copy of Windows 7? I ran the Dell Diagnostics Disk that came with it, and I ran a hardware check, and all of that came out ok. Am I going down the right path here? I could use any help you guys can give me, so thanks in advance.