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     I need some serious help here with malware (?).   
   (an XP Pro machine with all updates)   
      I downloaded a piece of software billed as   
   a system cleaner (registry, files, and privacy   
   info) -- Comodo System Cleaner. It has been a nightmare   
   It seemed to work fine but having other problems, I decided   
   to remove it. I looked in Control Panel/Add,Remove Programs   
   and clicked to uninstall it --- the screen went to the green screen   
   that appears just before desktop icons are set up. And nothing   
   was uninstalled. I tried to drag it to the recycle bin but it   
   wouldn't drag. Having a partitioned hard drive, I emptied one   
   partition and dragged it to that partition. It simply copied   
   itself and left a copy then in two partitions! I tried to format   
   the partition which contained only it, but format couldn't   
   run for that partition!   
     I did a registry search ans eliminated all references to it.   
   Then I could delete the software ( the findable parts).   
     But now, it shows up by name in MSConfig services and I can't   
   get rid of it. I "disable" it there but to apply I have to reboot   
   and it's back again! And I can't make MSConfig do a "normal"   
   startup. I check it as normal, have to reboot to apply, and I back   
   again to where I was!!   
      Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated.   
      
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