whatever Malware I've managed to get on my Vista computer - it shuts down and disables any software capable of scanning it, including HJT and MBAM. Any scanning program, I run it the first time normally, then a minute or so into the scan it closes, and when I try to run it again I get the following error - "windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" I can reinstall the program and try again, same results. I was able to run DDS and save some logs. here they are: http://pastebin.com/NbT1usk3 = dds.txt (contains a pseudo HJT report) dds.txt