What an ordeal!
You have to stay away from those places that infect your machine! lol

Ha ha ha ha ha ha...I don't go to those places Truecritic...lol

If you had a system disk vista or w7 you can boot the disk and it gives a windows shell that allows a restore recovery install etc. to fix a corruption..............

Most viruses come through e-mail, so that would be my guess.Install the free Microsoft Security Essentials for your virus protection and use the built-in Windows Firewall for your firewall protection. That's all that's really needed -- and it's all free. Just don't click any attachments in e-mail, like zip files, pdfs files, etc. And before clicking any links in e-mail, always hover your mouse over the link and check to see that the link you'll be going to matches with the link that is shown. Don't click it if they don't match. It's fake.

Jarasan,my Toshiba laptop came with Vista already installed and no disk. While I was online yestereday trying to figure out how to do a factory restore-out of the box, one person wrote that they had my type of computer, and that there is a hidden partition that hs the recovery info built i. He went on to write that when he tried to do the restore, nearthe end there was an error and it was aborted. I decide to do it thinking it won't happen to me, but it did. On both attempts, at 85% an error message displayed. The tech guy at Staples said it was due to the severity of the virus which interfered the recovery process. They should include a disk when someon purchases a computer. Most do, but in this case no disk was issued. I should've demanded one upon purchase. Oh well, you live and you learn. The lesson cost me 127 bucks...

Todd: You're right about the mail. But i never knew about the hovering the mouse part. That's interesting. Good to know. I have microsoft essentials, and registry mechanic from PC tools. Worth every penny. I'm also in the process of downloading AVG.
Thanx for the info.

All the new computers do not include a disc anymore - cost cutting measure. However, they do give instructions on how to make a backup disc of your own.

While your Win7 is still in new condition is the time to make that backup disc. You'll need to burn a blank DVD with the backup files.

Trucritic...Since I have a copy of windows 7 on a disc, why would I need to make a another copy? I'll just use the one I bought to reinstall windows 7 incase the computer gets infected agian. Or am i missing something in what you wrote...thanx..

@joker17 - I would personally advise you to choose either AVG or Microsoft Security Essentials, but not install both. You should only use one anti-malware software app on your PC. The Microsoft software always gets top ratings for detection, plus it is free and it stays very "quiet". (It doesn't feel the need to constantly make you aware of its presence.) That's the perfect tri-fecta for me, which is why I love it. Plus, the built-in Windows Firewall is as good as any on the market.

@ Joker...hehehe...of course, you have the disc! For whatever reason, I was thinking it was a new computer...guess, I wasn't thinking!

Todd:, I know, as I was installing the essentials it warned me not to have any other antivirus, so I aborted the AVG.