I have recently found a rootkit on my computer through AVG and am wondering how to get this thing off. I tried to get AVG to delete it but it said it cannot. I heard you can re-install windows vista and also restore default settings but I am not sure if that deletes everything and I'll have to get...

Thanks again. With your help I have now set read permissions for IUSR_mycomputer on the C:\inetpub\wwwroot folder. I still get the uname and psword request box for http://localhost. A few more items that might help. This is a clean install of xp pro so I'm sure that there are no bugs (using McAfree...