I use a free anti-virus package called AVG. It's available at www.grisoft.com. It's not bootable, but if you can get your computer booted, download it and run a scan.
THANKS! I have a feeling this just may be a virus, no computer can act this nuts. You wouldn`t believe it. It`s done everything but tell me my computer is going to explode.
AVG is great isn't it? When she gets her computer running again and has AVG it will help her make a great rescue disk that is bootable.