Virus persists through reformats and windows reinstalls

I have a persistent virus I cannot remove. The hacker is repeatedly using it to gain access to my origin account.

For the last three weeks I've been trying everything I can think of to remove this virus.

I won't bore you with the details of my last eight reinstalls of windows.

But every time I reformat and reinstall windows, the virus returns.

And after last night I am hundred percent certain that I am not reinfected myself in anyway.

The virus must be buried inside of my hardware somehow.

I will explain last nights Reformat and reinstall.

When the hacker logs onto my origin account it boots me off of the account and into off-line mode, then a message pops up telling me that someone has log into my account from another computer.

I shut down my computer and put in the DVD for parted Magic.

Then I used parted Magic to secure erase my SSD.

I made sure my PC was unplugged from the Internet connection.

Then I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on a newly created partition.

After the Windows installation was finished I used the manufacturers CD to install my network connection. Then I plugged the PC into the Internet, and started to do windows updates.

After that I only installed a small handful of programs on the PC. Firefox, avg, drivers from Nvdia, winrar and origin.

I did not put any of my backup data onto the computer with a USB or CD/DVD. I didn't even import my bookmarks to Firefox, I never even opened any of my regular websites.

I changed my origin password and then went to bed.

By the time I woke up the hacker was already on my origin account.


Every time I change my password he uses it to log into the account.


At this point I have no idea what to try next.

I don't understand where the virus could be hiding. I've even tried to flash the bios to the latest version.

Today I tried to contact EA / origin, but they don't seem to have any information that is helpful.

The only thing that I can do is throw away my computer and buy a new one.

So I told them that I would never buy another game from them ever again. I was thinking of getting battlefield 4, but all the stuff started happening when I was playing the beta.

They said they would call me, and now I'm waiting on them.

I'm hoping that they might have some information about this virus, I can't be the only person that has it.

It's undetectable and in the wild right now.

If you guys can give me any assistance I would be very grateful.

My PC is not very old, and it's a big cost to replace my gaming PC.