Hi Easysurfer, I ran a program called Combofix which is one of the best AV programs, it found the most nasty virus called poweliks which supposedly has no cure. Combofix removed the virus however that did not fix the problem. Apparently poweliks is really nasty.
I delivered my PC to the tech yesterday (he was not available till yesterday), he will reformat the disk and restore from my backup from January of this year. I should have done more frequent backup but I don't really have a lot on my computer, mostly photos from my trips, a handful of documents, music, and some spreadsheets. I will need to reconstruct stuff from Feb to Nov.
I still do not know how my computer got infected, I have always been careful, never visited those websites that are known to be troubles. I think my computer was used as botnet? I don't know if that is the right term? I do not know if my documents were ever stolen or if my personal info on my computer was stolen or not.
I won't get my computer back till at least Monday. I think it takes quite a while to reformat a 1T hard drive.