Thorax_the_Impaler
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Firstly, Merry Christmas to all. 
Secondly, thanks to all who answer this question.
Now, a while back I had to do a complete reformat on my HDD in a computer of mine. The machine was (according to Malwarebytes) infected with two Rookits, both showing up as "Rootkit: Access" in the scanner. Now I tried every trick I know to get rid of them, and each time it just made the OS installation worse and worse in terms of lag (and to the best of my assumptions, stability). Skipping to the end of the story, I just deleted everything and did a fresh install; which seemed to solve my problem. Until, I found out recently that yet another machine I have has the exact same problems, and as you may have guessed, the same Rootkits (or so I can tell). Basically, upon each Malware removal attempt, (including those that involved disabling system restore and such), the Rootkits were never removed. They caused the web browser to go haywire, redirecting to URL's that were jumbled messes of characters, and they also made it exceptionally difficult to disable (through Windows) any network cards, active or not (since Internet Explorer opened on its own at times). I am not exaggerating when I say I had to physically tear out the wireless-enabling PCI card to keep the system from freezing, and at times, going straight to the bluescreen.
Considering that this other machine I have also has these Rootkits (which I assume will cause the same problems), is there anything somebody can recommend to get rid of them? I'll just reinstall if that's what it comes down to but I'd like to avoid that headache as much as possible.
Secondly, thanks to all who answer this question.Now, a while back I had to do a complete reformat on my HDD in a computer of mine. The machine was (according to Malwarebytes) infected with two Rookits, both showing up as "Rootkit: Access" in the scanner. Now I tried every trick I know to get rid of them, and each time it just made the OS installation worse and worse in terms of lag (and to the best of my assumptions, stability). Skipping to the end of the story, I just deleted everything and did a fresh install; which seemed to solve my problem. Until, I found out recently that yet another machine I have has the exact same problems, and as you may have guessed, the same Rootkits (or so I can tell). Basically, upon each Malware removal attempt, (including those that involved disabling system restore and such), the Rootkits were never removed. They caused the web browser to go haywire, redirecting to URL's that were jumbled messes of characters, and they also made it exceptionally difficult to disable (through Windows) any network cards, active or not (since Internet Explorer opened on its own at times). I am not exaggerating when I say I had to physically tear out the wireless-enabling PCI card to keep the system from freezing, and at times, going straight to the bluescreen.
Considering that this other machine I have also has these Rootkits (which I assume will cause the same problems), is there anything somebody can recommend to get rid of them? I'll just reinstall if that's what it comes down to but I'd like to avoid that headache as much as possible.
