I figured out a way around these hacker programs today. I booted to Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Then I could run anything I wanted from the command prompt. I was able to install Malwarebytes and run it. After cleaning over 100 infections I rebooted to Windows and it was able to run programs again. I should also mention that I had to rename the system registry hive under C:\windows\system32\config to system.old and copy the original system hive to there from c:\windows\repair. The virus had rendered Windows not bootable but I was able to get back into Windows using this method. I didn't want to just reinstall because I needed to recover the Office License Key or they would have had to buy Office again.
