My computer is infected with a vurus its stopping me from moving files and some programs (such as norton, itunes, realpayer, Mucrosoft antispyware) won't work. also nothing will display on my taskbar. Can anyone help?

See if you can boot into Safe Mode and run norton. If not try running this free online scan Trend Micro Have you run these programs yet: Adaware SE Spybot cwshredder If not they're free,download them update them and run them from safe mode. Use the stand alone version of cwshredder on the right side of the page.

Hello Dominic, What is the name of the virus and if possible where is it located? (ie. My Documents/My Music/.....) Also what AV are you using? By the time you think you've learned it all..... it's all changed and you have to learn it all over again.

I ran the above programs and tehy did remove some spyware etc. but not what was causing this. I tried using Norton in safe mode. no luck. I am unsure as to where the virus is located but i have looked through the system manually and can't see anything out of place or anything new, so maybe the registry? Any new viruses fit this profile?

Ok the next thing I would do is try to remember when was the last time my computer was running well and what programs I installed since then. I'm not 100% convinced it's a virus just a program conflict of some sort. You could try uninstalling all recent programs that you installed one at a time and see if that has any affect. "Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand." - Putt's Law