removed antivirus trigger, but my progams seem corrupted now

well, on the morning of the 24th, i began getting irritating "your computer is open for attack", "our computer may be infected", "click here to virus scan", etc garbage popups while internet browsing.

I ignored this cuz i had better things to do on chrismas then virusscannings (stupid move), and within 12 hours, it had progressed to more popups, and then suddenly I found an installation of antivirus trigger and another, seemingly unremovable icon in the system tray.

my internet would redirect all search site links to popup ad pages, and every 1/4 sites i visited would be blocked because "i was infected". I finally found a site of what registry entries and programs to remove, and followed it after disabling my wireless connection.

the instructions matched 50% of the files i had, and about 25% matched similar folders and programs. (avirtrig vs avtrg for example). I also renamed/removed 2 dll files that would respawn immidiately if ended in he task manager. (jelediyo.dll and another starting with b)

upon reboot, the computer would freeze up and not reach the login/finger swipe page unless external power was disconnected(even then, a 30% chance only). No antivirus trigger or other symptos appeared at startup though, and i was able to remove 3 more files with f-secure and clen up the registry a bit with CCleaner.

another reboot, and the problems appear gone. however, windows media player freezes within 2 seconds of opening (but will finish playing the mp3 you opened (time elapse bar doesnt move) (same with video files). msn wont run when clicked, utorrent will become a process, but not run/open, and internet explorer locks up before it can load the little grey status bar at the bottom of the page/window (with the phishing filters/zooms/etc).

It is a school (university) loned laptop, wih many of thier own software preinstalled. for this reason, resetting to factor settings is my last resort, even if i can save most of my files first. (school it support takes from 2 days to 2 weeks sometimes)

any ideas? the laptop appears to work fine, but on closer inpection is almost useless.:cry

 

well, I appeared to remove all of the virus, but within 5 mnutes of trying to reconnect internet, it was back on again.

when the antivirus trigger is installed, my computer works as normal, except for the virus' effects. when the virus is ESSENTIALLY removed, many programs become lagged, inoperable, or prone to crashing the entire system.

i removed the program once more, but could not remove the irritating icon in my system tray. A cleanup of MSconfig removed a few startup issues, with no improvement. finally, I disabled all but 3 seemingly essential startup programs and numerous services, with no effect still.

unfortunately, i am unaware as to my own password (i fingerswipe to logon), and my secondary account appears to not be valid for logging onto safemode. because of XP profesional, i cannot simple bypass like with my MCE or home systems.

at this point, I am considering a complete abortion of the system, and merely restoring the factory settings from the bios. Ive tested a usb drive (plgged in blank, copied a few megabytes, and let sit for 10 minutes, with no sign of the virus transferring to the drive)

I think im just gonna backup my essential files and program data before wiping. (due to frequent backups [of documents and media] on a 500gb at my residence, this should be a managable 7-15GB)