potentially rootkit-masked files...?

[jholland1964]

oh. also, i ran panda's free scan, and removed what it said to.

also, that is not a FULL spysweeper log; since your forums only allow 19kb attachments, i included as many das as i could without going over the limit.

We need that full log. The forums attachment size is much larger than that. We have several with attachments here that are 99kb
If you can't attach it then copy paste it.

[jholland1964]

Here is a new free program to remove rootkits posted by our Administrator F11

Sophos Anti-Rootkit

Why don't you try this? Follow all the directions for installing and running the program given at their website.