Ok, JUST finished the scan with Malwarebytes. Took 3 hours 14 minutes 56 seconds. it only found 19 infected files on that drive.

the list includes things like Trojan.FakeAlert
Rogue.Installer.Gen
Trojan.Hiloti (found in AppData/Local/ascalz.dll)
Trojan.FakeMS in cleanhlc.dll AND .exe
Trojan.Dropper.Gen in my SysWOW64\hjdt.qto
a few <like 3-5?> adware.Agents

I even see a Trojan.Agent located in adobe_flash_player.exe

all of them were quarantined and deleted successfully, then I rebooted and ran the HiJackThis …However, it only scanned the ACTIVE drive <IE the new one I just bought to replace the one messing up, so I don’t think the results IT gives/offers will be valid.

After this, I STILL can’t see anything in my old users/ directory, it’s telling me it’s empty… Even AFTER one of these scans, I saw it listing the files and folders within my personal directory… Saw it scanning through my pdfs, mp3s and even my backed-up gba roms <held in another folder it’s saying is empty>

So, any additional ideas? Should I still upload the hijack this log or skip it?

I’ve even tried going ‘old school’ on it and dropping into a dos window and seeing about shifting the Attributes on the drive/folders/files I wanted, clearing out the system, archive and hidden attribs…Only to be told it couldn’t/I don’t have permission.