Virus possibly

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Looking for a bit of help here. i seam to have what i think is a virus, how i dont know, However when ever i boot my windows updates are turned off, when i turn them back on it says it cant just wont work also i try setting all usual internet stuff to medeum-high settings apply ok and go back in and there back to the lowest. im getting a few pop ups nothing major,

What i have done is started in safe mode with internet disconected, I have run avast virus and found a few things and deleted them run it again nothing this time. this is on avast pro and settings at maximum, also ran ad aware pro at max and found few usual Tracker files and MRI files got writ of them but it found a malware doodah so i deleted it and ran it again it finds nothing,

I then load back into normal windows do the same and it finds nothing but i still cant change the settings it deffaults them, All of my virus and ad aware is current and up todate, I realy dont want a system restore any ideas?

orry about the heuge text and if spelling is bad i do try but not good at spelling

Edit: sorryif this is the wrong forum.
 
Tough one, firstly this is a home machine right?

To start with, if it's windows xp, i'd try creating a new user and logging in with that just to see if it's something specific to your existing login profile.

So create a new user, login in with it, change some settings and log off, log back on again and see if they've been applied etc.

Also click on start ---> run ---> then type in "services.msc" and check that the 'automatic updates service' has been started and is set to automatic.

Can you also go here - http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner and run the online virus scanner and see if it comes back with anything.
 
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