Quote Originally Posted by TurcoLoco
Hmm, the only way to make sure that you are running it the way it is supposed to would be to have you run it in Safe Mode.

Also I am still not sure if these settings are changed by a legit program such as a security program bundled with AOL or the McAfee's Internet Security Suite hence the reason I wanted you to at least disable the related services in Service Control panel and also uncheck the boxes for the ones I pointed out in Autoruns. I'd just hate to find out that one of these was the cause all along...and to be honest, I have exhausted all I could think of at this point.
I did change them in the Service Control Panel, but for some reason the settings are back again.

Quote Originally Posted by TurcoLoco
Side note: If there is still a malicious program on this system and none of the scanners I and other had you run caught it so far, then it might be time to start waving a white flag and move on...
I agree with you, I really do think I should wave the white flag. I would like to thank both you and JHolland for all of your help. I really do appreciate your time and effort into solving this problem.