"I have Restore disabled at the moment, but I am still weary of restarting."

You need to try restarting your system. Otherwise, you'll never get anywhere. I hadn't 
read your response to Steve, but if you've disabled System Restore and were able 
to run a scan, that sounds good. 

When a ME/XP system's infected, you must leave System Restore disabled, until the 
system is clean. It's actually better to delete the Restore volume at the command 
prompt, but if you're sure it's been cleared out, try booting into Windows. 

AV programs don't/can't clean trojans. They usually require some manual removal, 
especially in the case of downloaders. You do need to run some spyware scans in Safe 
mode. 

Check out Jack's suggestions and download links on his web page.
Jack Gulley's ME Fixes page



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