ZeroAcces, Gen 2., & Gen 16. infections

[KringMe]

Hello.

I have a HP AMD Athlon 64 proc...running MS Windows Vista Ultimate (32Bit) w/SP2.

A few days ago Xfinity had allerted me that a "bot" was on my computer through a program called Constant Guard. Since then my computer has had a mind of its own. Several times its sprouted legs and walked away from me, lol.

I downloaded Norton and had found:

Trojan.Backdoor.Generic16.klk (twice)

Trojan.Backdoor.Zeroacces

Trojan.Backdoor.Generic2.C

I remembering these out of my head, however I do believe those are what was found and Quarentined/Removed. Before removal it had rendered my Security Essentials completely useless and would not turn on - same for my Firewall. Also things such as Blue Screen, Icon removal or additions, Homepage Changes, Script Errors...you name it - it was happeneing. I removed my Sec.Ess. program when DL'ing Norton. The viruses are said to be removed, however I can run few .exe programs, my desktop background is still not working and I even got a Blue Screen when I tried to start up in Safe Mode (o.O) a few times. So I'm not sure if I'm still infected or what. I cannot find the Vista Ult. Install disk either, which is a major bummer.

Was wondering if someone could walk me through removal. Normally I have always cleaned my own system and havent needed help up to this point, however, I am at a loss this time around and need tekkie help. When trying to run HijackThis it alerts me to Run as Admin. When I try the Run as Admin, the option is missing. When I try and Analyze and it says I have no internet connection (which I do) which causes me to not be able to make a log. It says "For some reason the systen has denied write accest to the Host file" and something about adding it to the notepad but I am unable to save it or copy/past. Ugh.

Thank you!!

~ Sherry

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