When I run Spybot, it gets to the part where it looks for a piece of spyware called 'virtumonde.dll' and then hangs. Why doies it do this? Curiously, it happens in Safe Mode too.
The VundoFix tool detects nothing; but why does it hang?

Windows XP SP2
512MB
SpyBot 1.6.0
AVG 8
Windows Firewall

HijackThis
--------------------------------------------------
Please read THIS and after completing the steps outlined post a HijackThis log over in that section along with a brief description of your problem.

Do not post HijackThis logs in this section please.


..................................
The security / spyware section of D-A-L works a little differently to the rest of the site. We currently only allow Head Security staff to reply to others threads to ensure a high level of support and quality is maintained with the daily issues which require a certain level of knowledge in this area.

I cant do Hijack This (please read below)
AVG found 24 pieces of spyware and removed them; when I turned on this morning, I got an 'invalid system disk' message. There is no floppy or the CD in the drives. The BIOS is fine, any clues?
Good news is the computer has been backed up!

What type of XP CD do you have?

Is the hard drive detected in the BIOS?

If so is the proper hard drive set to boot?

Error indicates the BIOS cannot find anything to boot.

First try would be boot the XP CD into the Recovery Console and try the command: FIXBOOT

It looks that way. I went into the RC, did a bootcfg /scan and it couldn't find any disks.
The settings are all correct
The BIOS is finding the hard disk and it's set to the right one.
I am using a Windows XP Home SP2 CD

Other possible commands:

FIXMBR

or

BOOTCFG /REBUILD


If no luck a Repair Install would be the next best try.

In the end, I booted it up with the Linux System Rescue CD, and discovered that the hard disk had failed!
So I purchased a new disk from Dabs (Seagate 160GB SATA) and I'm reinstalling Windows. The particular disk I got needed a SATA driver from a floppy, so I downloaded that (motherboard: ABit V17). However, after formatting with NTFS on the current partition (not a new one), it prompted me to insert a VIA RAID Combo Driver. Why is this? I'm not going to use RAID!

SATA RAID are often "Combo Drivers"

It will not setup a RAID by itself but will only allow the option.

If setup wants that driver I would give it.

On my boards I usually have at least two SATA RAID drivers that need to be installed.

Now I've disabled RAID, when I F6, I get cannot find txtsetup.oem!
Also, before I disabled RAID, I tried to give it the drivers from the individual folders RaidTool and VIARAID but it wouldn't accept them (these folders are from the SATA driver folder)

Is this the SATA driver you used:

Universal abit > Motherboard, Digital Speakers, iDome, AirPace, Multimedia

I am a bit lost in your process.

In general once this download creats the floppy it should be automatic from there.

Anyway are you still in the install process?

Are the SATA drivers failing to load?

Windows Pre-OS installation Floppy Disk (F6 Installation)
Under Windows 2000 and later OS, while user intends to install OS on the disk attached on the RAID controller, they have to prepare a floppy driver disk including the pre-OS installation files and press “F6” while boot CD is starting.

The driver disk files had been prepared in this package. Please follow the steps to prepare it.

1. Make sure the target system is already install floppy drive

2. Prepare a empty and valid floppy disk

3. Copy all files under \DRVDISK to the floppy without losing

4. Power on the target machine and boot from the Boot CD. And press “F6” while the prompt appear on the button line

5. After the booting process ask you to insert the floppy disk, please insert the prepared floppy disk to the floppy drive and press enter

6. Choose the proper item to fit the OS and RAID controller you are installing. Each item shows the matched OS for it.