Have I been hacked?

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 01-04-2006, 05:34 AM

Whenever I start up my pc, the message "Clinet Mac Addr 00 0C 76 13 81 something something" followed by a string of "F"s with hyphons between them show along with the message:
"PXE_E53: No file boot disk"

Shows up. This has never happened before. It also goes to the same screen when the anti-virus reaches a certain point. So uh, is this a virus? Have I been hacked/cracked/whatever and if so, any suggestions on what to do about it? Or is it simply that there's some file or something missing from my pc?

Please help,
Cheers in advance,

CD.

Bokken · 01-04-2006, 07:02 AM

You haven't been hacked at all so don't worry about that. The problem is with your boot sequence. Your computer is trying to boot up from you network card which naturally isn't possible. Enter the bios on boot up and check that the boot order is set to HDD, Floppy, CDRom.
My favourite is Floppy, CDRom, HDD but play around with them til the error goes away. If it still doesn't go away post up again and I'll try to help out more.

andrewas · 01-04-2006, 08:34 AM

Its odd that it would reset the sequence without the user doing anything, though. And odder that it would change to a sequence beginning with the network card, home users are virtually never equpped to boot from the network so the BIOS wouldnt be rigged to default to it.

Which leads me to suspect that the hard drive has died. The machine tries to boot from HDD, fails, and then goes on in the sequence till it hits the network, which also fails.

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 01-04-2006, 03:19 PM

Thanks guys, I'll do just that [img]smile.gif[/img]

StigTC · 01-05-2006, 10:01 AM

That sounds suspiciously like a non-boot disk in your floppy drive while you started the computer... Always look for the simple solutions first. Even if it isn't what's wrong, you'll be happy the times you check and it IS what's wrong.

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 01-05-2006, 05:29 PM

There's nothing in the A drive though, and the cd drive was set to bootup first. :\. I tried restoring defaults but I still get this error.

Bungleau · 01-05-2006, 06:52 PM

I'll go with Andrewas. Since it references a MAC address, that tells me there's a network card in there somewhere. You probably don't want it going there... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Head to www.trendmicro.com for an on-line full scan and see what pops up.

01-04-2006, 08:34 AM	#3
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	Its odd that it would reset the sequence without the user doing anything, though. And odder that it would change to a sequence beginning with the network card, home users are virtually never equpped to boot from the network so the BIOS wouldnt be rigged to default to it. Which leads me to suspect that the hard drive has died. The machine tries to boot from HDD, fails, and then goes on in the sequence till it hits the network, which also fails. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

01-05-2006, 10:01 AM	#5
StigTC Avatar Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 43 Posts: 513	That sounds suspiciously like a non-boot disk in your floppy drive while you started the computer... Always look for the simple solutions first. Even if it isn't what's wrong, you'll be happy the times you check and it IS what's wrong. __________________ One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight, <br />Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. <br />The deaf policeman heard the noise, and came and shot those two dead boys. <br />If you don\'t believe this joke is true, ask the blind man, he saw it too!

01-05-2006, 06:52 PM	#7
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	I'll go with Andrewas. Since it references a MAC address, that tells me there's a network card in there somewhere. You probably don't want it going there... [img]smile.gif[/img] Head to www.trendmicro.com for an on-line full scan and see what pops up. __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

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01-04-2006, 05:34 AM	#1
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	Whenever I start up my pc, the message "Clinet Mac Addr 00 0C 76 13 81 something something" followed by a string of "F"s with hyphons between them show along with the message: "PXE_E53: No file boot disk" Shows up. This has never happened before. It also goes to the same screen when the anti-virus reaches a certain point. So uh, is this a virus? Have I been hacked/cracked/whatever and if so, any suggestions on what to do about it? Or is it simply that there's some file or something missing from my pc? Please help, Cheers in advance, CD.

01-04-2006, 07:02 AM	#2
Bokken Baaz Draconian Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Australia Age: 46 Posts: 708	You haven't been hacked at all so don't worry about that. The problem is with your boot sequence. Your computer is trying to boot up from you network card which naturally isn't possible. Enter the bios on boot up and check that the boot order is set to HDD, Floppy, CDRom. My favourite is Floppy, CDRom, HDD but play around with them til the error goes away. If it still doesn't go away post up again and I'll try to help out more.

01-04-2006, 03:19 PM	#4
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	Thanks guys, I'll do just that [img]smile.gif[/img]

01-05-2006, 05:29 PM	#6
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	There's nothing in the A drive though, and the cd drive was set to bootup first. :\. I tried restoring defaults but I still get this error.

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