@Scy: Well, I didn't get any specific external extras, I guess since the Acers come with an eRecovery program. It didn't work for me, though, so it's all kind of bleh. Acer's apparently difficult about providing support and aid for customers. I ended up taking it to a computer store to see if I coul...

@Scy: Windows XP, and I haven't installed any new OS or made any modifications. Since I don't have a really resourceful computer store nearby and don't know when I'd be able to get to one, buying software that I can't order or find online seems prohibitive. I'm not sure where to look for an XP ISO. ...

I can't use recovery discs, as I've explained, because my computer is a netbook: it has no disc drive and didn't come with any such discs. Instead, the computer has a partition that is supposed to be used to re-install the data when you access it using eRecovery either manually or with Alt+F10 on st...

My system is supposed to go to a Recovery menu if I hold Alt + F10 while Windows is beginning to start (POST, I guess it's called). Whenever I press these keys, all that happens is that a black screen with a cursor at the top appears, it waits for a second, then top half inch or so of the screen get...

Hmm. How do I acquire that? It it available online? My plan right now is to do another Malwarebytes sweep, then go buy a portable hard drive, burn files onto it, then do a system recovery (which may take some time, since I have no installation disks and little computer savvy), and just put files bac...

With 100% certainty? Not ... not really. I mean, there's a good chance since most virusesesesessseseses target system resources to get their poisonous fangs into your system forever (and, really, what the fuck damage is it going to do off a non-executable anyway?) but I can't, in good faith, tell y...

Thanks kaboodles for all the help, guys. Well, I am fairly sure I got rid of all the major malware - a combination of RKill and Malwarebytes put a stop to its intereference. I got hit with a second malware, and promptly removed its effects, too. I tried the Combofix and that seems to have removed al...

Okay, so on top of getting Blue Screen of Death every time I try to use the normal computer mode, I am getting hit with yet another Malware in Safe Mode with Networking. For this to happen all at once is troubling and very suspicious. I thought I had solved the problem but it's all stacking up. I've...