KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR BSODs

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your scan log results indicate you are using keygens/crack tools.

The practice of using cracking tools, keygens, warez or any pirated software is not only considered illegal activity but it is a serious security risk.

Cracking applications are used for illegally breaking (cracking) various copy-protection and registration techniques used in commercial software. These programs may be distributed via Web sites, Usenet, and P2P networks.

trendmicro.com/vinfo

...warez and crack web pages are being used by cybercriminals as download sites for malware related to VIRUT and VIRUX. Searches for serial numbers, cracks, and even antivirus products like Trend Micro yield malcodes that come in the form of executables or self-extracting files...quick links in these sites also lead to malicious files. Ads and banners are also infection vectors...

Keygen and Crack Sites Distribute VIRUX and FakeAV

...warez/piracy sites ranked the highest in downloading spyware...just opening the web page usually sets off an exploit, never mind actually downloading anything. And by the time the malware is finished downloading, often the machine is trashed and rendered useless.

University of Washington spyware study

...One of the most aggressive and intrusive of all bad websites on the Internet are serial, warez, software cracking type sites...they sneak malware onto your system...Where do trojan viruses originate? One of the biggest malware distributors on the Internet are serial/warez/code cracking sites.

Bad Web Sites: Malware

When you use these kind of programs, be forewarned that some of the worst types of malware infections can be contracted and spread by visiting crack, keygen, warez and other pirated software sites. In many cases, those sites are infested with a smörgåsbord of malware and an increasing source of system infection. Those who attempt to get software for free can end up with a computer system so badly damaged that recovery is not possible and it cannot be repaired. When that happens there is nothing you can do besides reformatting and reinstalling the OS.

I strongly recommend that you remove all cracks and keygens immediately to reduce the risk of infection/reinfection. If not, then we are just wasting time trying to clean your system. Further, other tools used during the disinfection process may detect crack and keygens so we need to ensure they have been removed.

Using these types of programs or the websites visited to get them is almost a guaranteed way to get yourself infected!!

The "Objects scanned" above says 481k files - but Norton scanned 935k files, and took 3.5 hours.

The speed and ability to complete an anti-virus or anti-malware scan depends on a variety of factors.

• The program itself and how its scanning engine is designed to scan: using a signature database vs heuristic scanning or a combination of both.
• Options to scan for spyware, adware, riskware and potentially unwanted programs (PUPS).
• Options to scan memory, boot sectors, registry and alternate data streams (ADS).
• Type of scan performed: Deep, Quick or Custom scanning.
• What action has to be performed when malware is detected.
• A computer's hard drive size.
• Disk used capacity (number of files to include temporary files) that have to be scanned.
• Types of files (.exe, .dll, .sys, .cab, archived, compressed, packed, email, etc) that are scanned.
• Whether external drives are included in the scan.
• Competition for and utilization of system resources by the scanner.
• Other running processes and programs in the background.
• Interference from malware.
• Interference from the user.

-- Using two security scanning engines at the same time can cause each to interfere with the other, cause systems hangs, false detections, unreliable results and other unpredictable behavior.

-- If the screensaver, hibernation or Sleep Mode are not turned off before scanning, those features can sometimes have odd effects when attempting to resume normal mode.

Note: It is not unusual for an anti-virus or anti-malware scanner to be suspicious of some compressed, archived, .cab .jar and packed files because they have difficulty reading what is inside them. These kind of files often trigger alerts by security software using heuristic detection because they are resistant to scanning (difficult to read). This resistance may also result in some scanners to stall (hang) on these particular types of files or just ignore (skip) them. Certain files in the System Volume Information Folder like the Tracking.log (created by the Distributed Link Tracking Service to store maintenance information) have also been reported as a source causing some scanners to hang.

I think I'm just going to reinstall Windows. If I continue to get BSODs after that point, then I know for a fact that it's a hardware issue.

Edited by AustrAlien, 28 February 2012 - 05:08 PM.