Audio keeps skipping

Hello I'm running a XP home edition, SP2, Pentium 4 3.00GHz, 2.99GHz 0.99Gb of RAM.

This started happening 2 days ago.
When I try to play a song on iTunes it would start skipping and freeze my computer screen part by part. I would try to open up task manager to end iTunes but it won't even open up. I am able to move the cursor around, but if I try to restart my computer by clicking the start menu, the menu won't open up and it freezes the start menu. After that, the whole screen becomes un-clickable, so I end up holding onto the cpu power button to turn it off.

The same thing happens when I try to watch something on Youtube, the sound starts skipping, video stops and the computer screen freezes

I had a problem removing Win32:root-kit gen 2 days ago when this all started happening, but it was gone today when I turned system restore off then back on. Then I ran avast to make sure it was gone and no problems came up.

I thought the audio skipping problem would go away too, but it still happens and now I have no idea what's causing it

 

There's a good chance that you still have an infection. Rootkit viruses are BY FAR the most difficult to remove completely, and simply toggling system restore is not likely to clean a rootkit, and running a single Avast scan probably won't clean it completely either. I strongly suggest you read and follow the steps in the world famous Major Geeks Malware Removal Guide at this link. Once you've followed those steps exactly, and posted the logs (if needed) and you've been 'certified' clean by the malware gurus, then we can tackle the issue above if it stills exists. Good luck!

[dlb]