EyeShotFirst said:

 I put all of the music and pictures I needed and just reinstalled. I am not to ashamed of doing it because I really wanted to anyway LOL.

I was a LAN\WAN admin for about 7 years. My last year in the industry I was part of a special department in the company tasked with addressing malware specifically.  I don't have to tell you guys, I've seen it all.

I don't have problems with malware because I'm prepared and cautious. It really doesn't take much to stay malware-free. A few simple precautions;  use a router, configure it properly, surf with Firefox - and this one I can't stress this enough - if you surf for porn, you will have to deal with malware.  File sharing\torrenting, and serching for song lyrics (oddly enough) are also hotbeds for malware.

The reason I quoted ESF is because I'm a firm believer in an occasional complete reload of a machine.  I do my own every year or so.  Keeps things up to date and clean.