Avast fails to load at startup !

Viruses and worms
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I use windows 7 home - 64 bit. Avast does not load at start up, the icon also does not appear. I have to run it manually for the guard to appear in the task bar.
Just recovered (perhaps partially) from a fake AV scam (driveby ) using Rkill. Got rid of the Trojan.Fake alert that came with it, using malware bytes. Are these related to my problem ? Now even win-patrol and other security tools wont come on start up !

Rkill always deletes these files and they reappear :
InfDefaultInstal.exe and runonce.exe in my SysWow64 folder…wonder if they are important to my system.

Please advise !!!

PS : praying that there is no nasty rootkit or i am not a part of some botnet…damn rubotted wont work on 64 bit os. One more thing, my snipping tool vanished !

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Follow this guide from our expert malware remover Essexboy
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
(post the logs here in this topic and not in the guide)

To avoid using multiple post with copy and paste you have to attach the log`s
Lower left corner: Additional Options > Attach ( OTS log / Malwarebytes log )

essexboy will be notified when you have posted the log`s

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There are probably some elements that were not recognised by MBAM or Rkill

That is becoming more prevalent now… Malware writers have copies of MBAM nad Rkill, they use them to test the malware

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I will be returning with the ots logs soon…
As an aside, can you tell me how to learn about anti-malware design, techniques , books … i want to be able to nail these lame b-a-s-t-a-r-d-s myself…its easier to break software than to protect it…dumb asses show off in their lame forums- i pwned 0wned xyz or some s**t like that…I wont be surprised if some of those lamos hang around such forums only to discover how to defeat our tricks.

Forgive the anger…

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I am not too hot on the design - just the killing ;D