[Felix The Assassin]

Cerek, buddy. Get off the net, and rebuild your pc!

Asking for info. How long were you on the net 'un-protected' before you got hit?

Another forum I frequent is trying to say less than 5 minutes.

In the future. Use the other non targeted web browser, Firefox, or full blown Mozilla. Get yourself a free (insert zone alarm) firewall. If you work for a good intentions employer that has pc's on the net, ask for the employee take home firewall/anti-v software.

In my experience, I have seen this exact same situation you describe, except Norton firewall popped-up with "Immediate Alert, Malware intrusion, shutting down ALL Comm ports". All comm ports were then shut down, and nothing else was allowed, and the malware was left open to be DELETED, without any futher mess.

Moral of the story, If you run windows, and internet exploder, without a firewall, YOU will be infested!

Sadly, you are so far beyond, your only recourse is to save whatever you think is importatnt, and re-format 3 times prior to installing a brand new fresh install of your OS. 3 times re-format is minimal, 5-7 is better, best yet would be to buy a new HDD, and take a hammer to the other one.

In lab results, a HDD has been brought back to boot, and file restoration, after the owner formatted it once. So, if you think a one time is sufficient, remember what you just experienced.

Now; your registry is where your main infestation is harboring it's next assualt. From the registry malware can piggyback an IE string and dispatch all of your personal information back to the malware site. This may or may not happen based upon what you have been hit with.