u have a few more options i can think of lol virus boot disk cd , system restore and them format
boot disks http://www.techmixer.com/bitdefender-rescue-cd-with-auto-update-virus-definition-features/
bit defenders rescue disk http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/Old/
I think the time has come to try a system restore. I'll give that a try and see what happens.
Thanks for everyones help on this matter. I'll let you know how the system restore has gone asap.