Windows 10: Syskey virus

Discus and support Syskey virus in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Greetings all, My mother in law was hit by a phone scammer that resulted in her giving away her PW and the hooligan put a syskey on the computer. We... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by MichaelTully3, Sep 5, 2019.

  1. Syskey virus


    Greetings all,

    My mother in law was hit by a phone scammer that resulted in her giving away her PW and the hooligan put a syskey on the computer. We can't even get to a log in screen and I have tried booting in safemode. Nothing happens. It just has that enter password box and a black screen. She can not find the boot disk so that is out. Does anyone have any suggestions other than using it as a paperweight? It is a gateway so a bit old.

    :)
     
    MichaelTully3, Sep 5, 2019
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    Hello, thanks for sparing time for my issue .

    I had syskey in my windows 10 operating system and I tried to update but in the final stage it did not go through because of the Syskey.

    so I tried to disable syskey but guess I did something wrong and it asked me to change my syskey which I don't remember now... and now I can not use my laptop at all.. all I can do is try to put Syskey password and after three attention or takes me to repair
    PC and all the steps and o tried to reset my laptop and it completes the process but know the end on a black screen all I get is few dots going in a roundward motion .

    please help
     
    sanjaysaharan, Sep 5, 2019
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  3. alice13 Win User
    Syskey

    hey guys,

    can anyone tell me that how can we set the syskey password in winxp?

    thanks.
     
    alice13, Sep 5, 2019
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  4. ConiGL Win User

    Syskey virus

    Syskey

    Hi again, Sorry I am seeming to misunderstand. I need a bit of clarification, should I disable syskey by that method first and then use bitlocker? Or just use bitlocker instead of messing with syskey? Will using Bitlocker disable the use of syskey altogether?
    Just want to be sure about this procedure. I have never enabled syskey on this system so using bitlocker instead is the way to go? I have windows 10 home 1703 build (15063 632) Is bitlocker usable on home edition?

    Thank you.
     
    ConiGL, Sep 5, 2019
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