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What Zamisk (sort of) outlined is the best course of action; find anything that you can boot off of to do the removals rather than using anything after booting into Windows if you can. And definitely do the download from another computer as Anti-Malware Doctor fucks with the download a bit.

...that said: . Basically, you need to stop Anit-Malware Doctor from running prior to trying to do any cleaning of the system. That should get you to remove the root cause of it and then you can sweep around to clean up any other infected files.

[spoiler]cue someone going "lolz Windows viruses"[/spoiler]

@ Maxine

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^^^^^

"Hey Megan, its your father. How do I print out a flowchart?"

[spoiler]Seriously though, Google is responsible for like every IT guy's know-how.[/spoiler]

HEY GUISE MACS DON'T GET VIRUSES AHAHAHA

(The fact that they don't run anything you want them to is besides the point!)

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 all of the alerts and malware interference. However, I still get Blue Screen of Death when I run the computer in normal mode. I was able to see that it's related to the iastor.sys file, which I guess means it's to do with a corrupted driver or something similar.

At this point, I'm planning to just get a portable hard drive and put my documents onto it, then just boot the computer back to factory condition. Can I be sure that none of the infection will carry over via the portable hard drive?

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 you it'll be 100% ideal.

Edit: Actually, you should be able to just restore that file via Windows Restore with the disc. On top of that, I doubt it's anything you're actively using anyway (it's the RAID controller, off-hand) so it's not causing any real problems for you most likely short of the BSOD. Set-up Microsoft Security Essentials with Malwarebytes after and that should keep you covered for 99% of the time. Just be iffy with sketchy websites and executables, even if they promise to love you forever. They're lying, with their big eyes and ...

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I'm not sure where this metaphor was going.