Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine View Post
I wonder if Safe Mode could change a thing or two.
IIRC, you probably won't be able to run from a flash drive in Safe Mode, but you can try it. If you can get your anti-malware installed, definitely run your scans in safe mode. In this age of rootkits and considering the likely state of the machine, you are probably going to have to boot off a CD and scan the drive from there.