Win 7 Antivirus 2012, runs in safe mode, disables all .exe's

[Malcolm5534]

At a loss how to remove this one. Like most viruses of its type, it disables all browser programs, anti-virus software, all exe files of any type as far as I can tell. On top of that, it starts in safe mode, so I can't even temporarily deal with it by running in safe mode and using msconfig to keep it from auto-startup the next time I boot.

This means I currently have no way of getting online with that computer (using an iPad now), which means I can't download malwarebytes or anything that might help even quarantine this thing, let alone remove it. I thought about downloading it on a friend's computer and transferring it with a zip drive, but it still seems if this thing is able to run even in safe mode, I don't see how I'm going to be able to install any kind of real AV software.

Any ideas short of reformatting everything?

[exile360]

Greetings

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