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.

Virut. Ah. You may have already taken the best option, then. A format and reinstall. Note that a format does not remove files, just loses them; the new OS will not see them. And vv.
Cheers, Nathan....

"GMER NO LONGER DETECTS UACd.sys" -it won't , in Safe mode, if the rootkit is not active. But nothing stops you in Safe mode from going into system32/drivers and deleting every UAC*.sys file, every...

You just did.
Cheers.

"Do you know where MBAM downloads the database updates for checking for malware? I have a working MBAM on one computer but since the infected computer cant connect to malwarebytes.org it cant get...

"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...

You could not see those values in the Services\UACD keys because a simple trick has been employed to make their values invisible to regedit. But they can be removed easily.
Nathan, as I expected.......

Just for the time being, Nathan, I am going to ignore one of the detections..... I may get spanked for it.
Anyway.... use GMER to delete all these entries [you must run it in Normal Mode]:
Reg ...

a quick point while I get time to look at all those. I see this in the MBAM log:
Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AGprotect (Malware.Trace) -> No action taken.

Files Infected:...

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...

GMER takes 1 1/2 mins to scan my systemdrive. But windows is there all by itself, no data, no pgms other than those that fight to be there; the partition is tightly controlled... so... Anyway,...

What, me do it instead of you? I do tend to be chatty in my posts, but that is because I am human, and like to relate to some folks. Just some... we pick each other out...
Anyway, Nathan, I cannot...

"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...

Ah. Two active AV services. One never knows how they will interact - it seems to be often badly and unpredictably. Rule is, don't use more than one.
PC Tools use a rebadged AV service, I forget...

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]....

Try to reinstall over the top of it... that may give you the Repair installation option, in which case you can stop there. Or it may just reinstall and correct any settings, files. Then uninstall, if...

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]]

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