Inactive Suspected nasty virus...

[S-no-1h]

First of all, I'd like to sorry for the long post...but I'm desperate for help. I want to try and give a clear idea of the problems I'm having with my PC.

Anyway.

A few months back, I downloaded AVG. A few days later, for some reason, I got the blue screen of death.However, I managed to do a system recovery. Then yesterday, I tried to use AVG but it wouldn't work. I now know this was due to not uninstalling AVG.

Yesterday after realising AVG was broken from the system recovery I did a few months prior, I was desperate for a antivirus software. I searched the NET and found myself on a antivirus software review site. Rated number one on the review site was Avast, so I download the software.

The download came in a bundle, a social network plugging, tool bar, PC optimizer and a couple more items. I never thought anymore of it as I have downloaded programs in bundles before with no obvious side affects.

Shortly after installing the bundle, I noticed my PC was slow especially when I visited an IM site were they play music in the room. The sound was breaking bad. I said in the room that my PC was running slow. I told the room that I had downloaded Avast. A few replied and said the software conflicts. They advised me to uninstall Avast using windows control panel add /remove tool.

This is when things got bad.

I went to windows, add remove feature with the intention of removing all the Avast bundle and the old AVG program that was no longer functioning. I deleted a few programs. Then one of the programs I was removing made my PC freeze.

As soon as I rebooted I notice the Icons on my desktop had no pics/logos. Then I went to start button and scrolled over all programme's and nothing appeared. I also noticed there was no, my computer Icon. So, clicked on control panel, it opened up the window. However, when I clicked on add/remove progs a dialogue box popped up saying...windows cannot open the file, you can search the net blah, blah, blah.

That dialogue box was to be a commen feature as I tried to fix these issue's. Every item of my desktop, control panel and download I try to open.... brings up this dialogue box. The good thing about it though is, by clicking search the net, gives me access to the web otherwise I wouldn't be typing this here for help now as when I click chrome, FF, I.E on my desktop, it brings up the dialogue box without opening the program.

At first I couldn't even us CMD as there is no run option now. I could get the prompt up by going in safe mode with command prompt but that was malfunctioning as even typing in ipconfig....nothing happened.

I found a way through that by task manager and now I have a functioning command prompt. The problem is though even when I put in a prompt to do a system restore, the page comes up blank.

I've been trying to fix this now since this time yesterday.

Please help for the sake of my sanity :/

 

[Broni]

Welcome aboard

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What Windows version is it?

 

[S-no-1h]

Hi

Windows XP

 

[Broni]

Let's see, if we can look at your computer booting from an external source.

Please download OTLPE (filesize 120,9 MB)

• When downloaded double click on OTLPENet.exe and make sure there is a blank CD in your CD drive. This will automatically create a bootable CD.
• Reboot your system using the boot CD you just created.
  • Note : If you do not know how to set your computer to boot from CD follow the steps here
• Your system should now display a REATOGO-X-PE desktop.
• Depending on your type of internet connection, you should be able to get online as well so you can access this topic more easily.
• Double-click on the OTLPE icon.
• When asked Do you wish to load the remote registry, select Yes
• When asked Do you wish to load remote user profile(s) for scanning, select Yes
• Ensure the box Automatically Load All Remaining Users" is checked and press OK
• OTL should now start.
• Press Run Scan to start the scan.
• When finished, the file will be saved in drive C:\OTL.txt
• Copy this file to your USB drive if you do not have internet connection on this system
• Please post the contents of the OTL.txt file in your reply.