Combofix does not appear to be working right now. Other than that, I have followed all your directions.
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The tool, ComboFix has been temporarily withdrawn.
The author discovered a rootkit infection that will intefere with ComboFix's running.
This will cause Combofix to be UNSAFE FOR USE on your machine.
Even if you manage to find a mirror for the tool, PLEASE DO NOT RUN THIS TOOL
Apologies for any inconvenience caused
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I have a new problem right now however. When I started my computer up this evening, it was very slow and unresponsive to anything. An attempt to run a program or scroll down on a screen might take several minutes to load up. Down in the taskbar there was Kaspersky Antivirus 5.0, a new program. It also alerted me that its definitions were from 7/17/06 IIRC. Eventually my computer became useable, and I opened msconfig and unticked the startup entries for kav.exe, kavsvc.exe, and klswd.exe. I also disabled the service called Kaspersky Antivirus 5.0. After restarting, my computer was back to normal in speed. The Kaspersky Program Files folder was last modified at 10:01 AM this morning.
Kaspersky looks authentic, but it seems to cause a ton of slowness when I used it on startup. I have no idea what installed Kaspersky without my approval. I believe my brother was on my computer when Kaspersky installed, but I doubt he would install an AV suddenly for no reason. I will repost when I get a chance to ask him what happened. A google search says that certain trojans might try to install Kaspersky to remove competitive malware. This doesn't seem quite right though, since the program folder is not hidden and the program apparently operates normally. Maybe its install had something to do with the Kaspersky scan I did earlier? I will try the program again to see if it is a trial or full (fake or related to a virus?) version.