programs won't open

Hello people,

I'm having some problems with my computer. I can boot up into windows, but nothing will open. On the occasion I will be able to get into Add/Remove or open up IE, but the sluggish-ness of everything keeps me from actually running the program. The rest of the time when I open a program I won't see it, but it will show up under "processus" in my task manager.

Everything works in safe mode...

I'm thinking the problem is probably spyware or something of the sort, but what can I do to fight against it if I can't open any programs? Even in safemode the problem isn't fixed by running my spyware progs (Bitdefender, Nod32, Spyware, etc.). I tried system restore, but I can only open it in safe mode-but I didn't have it set up when my computer was fine...groan.

Anyone have any ideas? See my specs at the bottom.

Thanks in advance,

DAN


Specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2
Asus M2A-VM mATX AMD 690G DDR2 PCI-E
(2x) Corsair PC2-5300 1Gb 512MB DDR2-667 240PIN DIMM
Seagate Barracuda 250 Gb 7200RPM SATA2 NCQ HD
LG 16X Black DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE UDMA33 INT OEM
EVGA E-Geforce 8400GS 256Mb 64Bit DDR2
Antec SP-500 Smartpower 2.0 ATX12V2.0 20/24 Pin 500W Power Supply
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro AM2 2200RPM Heatsink Fan

 

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