Question Rootkit RansomWare virus rendered my PC inoperable. Won't get past BIOS - despite interrupting it's program with HARD shutdown

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Puttputt7

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I interupted a rootkit install as it started opening a CMD prompt to do some dirty work to my PC.

Upon restarting and attempting to enter recovery environment to load from a backup, the computer won't get past BIOS.

Most interestingly, I can run memtest off a jump drive, but when i made a windows recovery USB and attempted to load off that using my MSI Z690 ace bios it would not.

I have reinstalled new BIOS, tried different RAM sticks, different GPU, even taken out my NVME drive and I can't get the win USB to load. It shows the MSI logo after selecting that drive to load from, spools for a second and then goes to black screen.

I've tried disabling fast start, Safe Boot, and a few others in BIOS but no avail. I tried Avira System Rescue but it oddly loads up and everything is Yellow and barely ledgable, when i click 'start scan' it just gets stuck on 0% loading the entire time.

Is there any way to initiate a windows recovery environment if it's not going to load off a USB? tried every port as well as creating one via ISO on rufus with uefi / GPT.

Every tech person i've talked to is stumped. I can't imagine the MOBO / 12900k are fried as i can load into BIOS and memtest just fine.
 
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USAFRet said:
What did you download and (start to) install, and from where?
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Someone posing as one of my clients sent a Zoom link along after my G meet "wasn't working" zoom link was even under the same subdomain and URL looked fine. Guess they spoofed it.
I looked it up and the zoom ransomware is some pretty advanced stuff targeting huge corporations... Not sure why they felt the need to target my little Small biz lol
 
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Puttputt7 said:
Someone posing as one of my clients sent a Zoom link along after my G meet "wasn't working" zoom link was even under the same subdomain and URL looked fine. Guess they spoofed it.
I looked it up and the zoom ransomware is some pretty advanced stuff targeting huge corporations... Not sure why they felt the need to target my little Small biz lol
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Actual rootkits are pretty rare.
Ransomware, OTOH....that happens a lot.
 
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Puttputt7 said:
I interupted a rootkit install as it started opening a CMD prompt to do some dirty work to my PC.

Upon restarting and attempting to enter recovery environment to load from a backup, the computer won't get past BIOS.

Most interestingly, I can run memtest off a jump drive, but when i made a windows recovery USB and attempted to load off that using my MSI Z690 ace bios it would not.

I have reinstalled new BIOS, tried different RAM sticks, different GPU, even taken out my NVME drive and I can't get the win USB to load. It shows the MSI logo after selecting that drive to load from, spools for a second and then goes to black screen.

I've tried disabling fast start, Safe Boot, and a few others in BIOS but no avail. I tried Avira System Rescue but it oddly loads up and everything is Yellow and barely ledgable, when i click 'start scan' it just gets stuck on 0% loading the entire time.

Is there any way to initiate a windows recovery environment if it's not going to load off a USB? tried every port as well as creating one via ISO on rufus with uefi / GPT.

Every tech person i've talked to is stumped. I can't imagine the MOBO / 12900k are fried as i can load into BIOS and memtest just fine.
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Does this win usb boot on another pc?
 
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