Can't login or reset password

Anyone have any ideas on how to restore a user password even if it doesn't show up using the password reset utility? User was checking his Yahoo email - not sure if he opened an attachment - said he saw a window open with a lightning bolt - machine locked up - rebooted and could no longer login. Put the Tiger install in - rebooted and tried to reset the users passwords. None of the users showed up in the list.
The machine wouldn't boot into single user mode either. I started the machine with Tech Tool Pro 4 (latest version) ran all the tests - made a few minor changed (file mod dates etc) - but nothing big. Still couldn't log in. I booted the machine under OS 9 (It's an older G4) and I could see all the user folders in the "Users" folder. All the files etc are all still there. The machine runs fine under OS 9.
Is this something that can be fixed with netinfo manager? What would cause the users to disapear under OS X?
Weird is all I can say. Anyone know of an email attachment exploit for the Mac that does this? The circumstances are suspcious at best -
G5's, G4's Mac OS X (10.4.4)

No - The only way I could log in was as root. Even after logging in as root, the users do not show up in the 'accounts' preference list.
Once I was logged in as root, I created a new account then transferred all the files from the old unavailable accounts.
It's as if the system lost track of "all" the users with the exception of leaving the Users folders and files untouched - very wierd....
G5's, G4's Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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