Hi again. The updated Malwarebytes scan found nothing, posted below. However there are 2 things to mention.
Firstly The Hard drive is still whizzing away merrily.
Secondly, when i tried to run MWB (already installed) after the combo fix run(which required multiple reboots), i got an error message something like Illegal operation on a registry key that has been marked for deletion. This cleared after i again rebooted the machine.
Only processes i can see using any CPU in task manager are
taskmgr, Sidebar, explorer, NclMSBTSrv, dwm, rapportService, asghost
Thanks for your continued support.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
www.malwarebytes.orgDatabase version: 4323
Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18928
18/07/2010 07:50:01
mbam-log-2010-07-18 (07-50-01).txt
Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 152659
Time elapsed: 9 minute(s), 41 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 0
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
(No malicious items detected)