Infected with avast! please help

I don’t want windows updates. The last 2 times I used them it messed up my computer really bad so I’ll only use windows updates as a last resort.

There’s been a change now but nothing to do with the internet. I think it was after I used the “Tweaking.com” windows repair the computer started shutting down and starting up very slow and running very poorly.

I’ve getting close to giving up on this.

I can not see why it is not running as all files and registry keys are correct and in the right place

An option is to run a repair install … This will replace the windows files and registry settings only. Personal stuff will not be touched

How will I do a repair install without a windows cd or a cd-drive?

OK lets create a bootable USB drive with XP on it

Download the following files to the desktop … Right click the links and select save as…then select desktop

Iso2disc
XPSP2 iso

Insert the USB stick Then run ISO2disc

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/73555776/isotousb.JPG

Select the ISO file on the desktop, select Burn to USB Flash Drive .
Press Start Burn

You now have windows on a stick

REPAIR INSTALL

There is a step by step guide here http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/138-how-to-repair-windows-xp/

I just scanned my C partition on windows xp, and these are the results:

for both

C:\Documents And Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp_avast_\unp192670847.tmp
( Status: Threat: Win32:Shutdowner-BM [Trj] )

and

C:\Documents And Settings\All Users\Application Data\4B7788ED-BF55-41B7-98EO-92442036B28E}\OFFLINE\mFileBagIDE.dll\bag\FFToolbar.xpi|>components\SmileyCore.dll
( Status: Threat: Win32: Malware-gen )

Severity is high. What are they, and why does it say: " avast\unp192670847.tmp " ?

11 other directories that are also located at ( C:\Documents And Settings\All Users\Application Data\4B7788ED-BF55-41B7-98EO-92442036B28E}\OFFLINE\ ) could not be opened because they are archives password protected.
I tried to repair the files but it couldn’t be done, what do I do? This is the first time Avast! managed to do the scan to the end. Earlier, it would detect some threats, but at some point every running task would stop responding before the scan was finished. I haven’t experienced any other issues except the blue screen, but I guess that has to do something with hardware. What do I do next?

Thank you :slight_smile:

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