Startup virus: infinite Help and Support Center execution

From: Marik Clemens (marik_clemens_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:02:04 -0700

I have a virus that will execute the windows help and
support center on booting up to 400 times at which point
my system runs out of memory and all processing power is
used up by requests for more memory. I have done a
complete reformat of my hard drive and the same thing
happed on the first boot after i installed windows. None
of the antivirus software i have tried has been able to
detect anything, and windows just replaces the help
program if I delete it. I know the problem is external
to the support center itself because i have disabled it
in the boot configuration and still get errors
complaining that the program can't be found. If anyone
has any idea where to look for the infected files, please
post, as I have run out of ideas. TIA.

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