This post is to help a chap who pc'd me; I put it here in full to aid others.
Nouveaunoise "hello there my name is conor i am from ireland and i have a problem with my comp. basically im an idiot...

Sometimes poorly made connectors can give a minimal contact to pins... the currents involved then get to a current density int eh contact area where the temperature increase in a tiny volume of metal...

Windows Memory mgmnt has it under its control. If you are looking at Task Manager, Available physical memory, and wondering why it is so big, possibly more than half your installed RAM, be assured...

Then your sys has a discrete NVIDIA graphics card [ no integrated graphics on the mb].
It may have a problem.

Ah, nice to hear, Bushoi.
Cheers.

Does your machine have a video card as well as integrated graphics on the mb? try pulling the vid card and seeing if the machine can run with the IGP.

You just did.
Cheers.

"If we choose any of the other options (i.e. safe mode), it shows rows and rows of the same message "... Similar, but not the same... these are the names of drivers [services] and files windows is...

Saying it in Latin will do the job...
EGO subsisto quod coepi procer spooler muneris. effectus ut videlicet constupro lima.

Good morning.
Installing Recovery Console is a precaution in case Combofix breaks your sys. If you have a bootable XP cd you do not need it on your hard drive- it is then just a convenience.
This...

It will. If it returned once.... Okay, there are files there that I cannot see, to protect and regenerate malware. I suspect a rootkit, and this tool will flush out most problems:
==Download this...

Norton/ symantec. The latest product seems to be performing better in the mix. Anyway, trot along to this page and get the correct removal tool for your version of Norton - use it to completely clean...

A small point to make, just a general one... but if punters put the OS into its own partition and kept all data in other partitions they would have an increased chance of recovering deleted files....

It is pretty clear which browser he is using... " Nothing has been dl'ed or installed since the format with the exception of AVG and SpyBot."
Apart from lobbing that bomb into the ruck I have...

Good stuff, bushoi.
You can close and open explorer.exe at will, it is nothing special. Think of it as similar to IE. Well, it doe share a lot of functions.
browseuiad.dll seemed to be a modified...

You're welcome.

You would need to close all browsers [well, IE uses it... not opera or firefox] and also explorer, firstly. Delete via cmd.exe :
cd\
del /f /s /q /a C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseuiad.dll
Or there is...

"I am making a program that cleans your computer". I know computer types love to reinvent the wheel, spend hours of their lives doing it and then get a sense of achievment that may well be valid. but...

If you wish it to be so... yes, you can change this. Go CP > System, Advanced tab, Performance Settings button. check the [bottom] item: use visual styles on Windows buttons ...
A lot of style...

Um... always reboot after doing sys file work, because the files that are already in memory won't be affected until they are reread.
Just in case malware did this [some do, because it is a lazy way...

sfc /scannow performs as per the behaviour you noted. There is no fanfare when it closes, no logfile, it does its job and that is it. Windows File Protection system [which is what this is] takes file...

Okay, thanks for that report. Because browseuiad.dll is unknown and its CLSID unregistered you should do the following:
Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries...

Get Process Explorer from Winternals. The tool for the job. It will show you the handles and dlls used by any running process.

I should ask... does your sys [if not a lappy] have a seperate video card? Because the problem likely emanates from the video processor. If a lappy, it is likely part of the motherboard. HP. yeah..

Check to see that you have this file in your sys: c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll -report back on this.
Virus Scan:
==Please go to this web page http://virusscan.jotti.org/, click browse and...

xetwnk.... check to see if in the root of each drive there is a file called autorun.inf. If there is please drag one into a notepad, zip it and attach to your next post [use the Go Advanced button]....

If it is a CRT or LCD monitor , do consider buying a new one. Cheaper...
If it is a lappy.... wait for someone in here who knows.

cd c:\
But I like cd\
Any more?

Please don't get yur foot caught in a stirrup when you get off that high horse of yours.
"Please do not advise anyone in these forums or anywhere else to do illegal things in order to fix the...

Ahem....
***In Windows OS:
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKDSK filename]]] [/F] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]

volume : ...

choco, if all the sys does is restart whatever mode you choose to run Windows in from the choices menu then I am afraid that your only real option is to run a Windows Repair from an XP installation...

"keeps playing. "heal the world" ". Oh dear.... hippy music, I'd be bothered, too.
It is quite an infection you have there, this should clear most of it:

Could you please delete that old version...

Take time to read what he has achieved since. His sys is okay, jus some data files cannot be accessed.

Hello, lieve, do you have an XP installation cd? You willl need it for the Recovery Console.

This, the DLL C:\windows|System 32\ rqRIaBRJ.dll is not a valid image... is the worrying bit. MoM.exe is a monitor, is all. Some legitimate files do have scrambled filenames, but that one looks...

To answer your question re the login, there is no need to login as Administrator [and you can only do that in Safe Mode..] if you are in the administrator's group. Just login as normal and try what I...

I am assuming that you have XP Pro. Depending upon whether simple file sharing is enabled you will see in the file or folder Properties either that sharing, or Security and Sharing tabs. If so go to...

You must either enter your Recovery partition on your hard disk if it exists and copy over the system32/drivers/ntfs.sys file, or use a bootable cd such as an XP installation cd to copy that file...

your files are sure to be there, just that perhaps you have lost permissions for them. Try logging on using the native Administrator account [not you as an administrator] by usinf CtrlAltDel at...

You must either enter your Recovery partition on your hard disk if it exists and copy over the system32/drivers/ntfs.sys file, or use a bootable cd such as an XP installation cd to copy that file...