So, something weird has happened to my parents computer. They claim it was cuz of a power surge, but I think it's a virus.
After a surge, they were no longer able to load games/antivirus/recovery software. Oddly enough, though AAA titles can't be launched, the Mahjong included in Vista will. I'm fairly certain it's a virus, but I can't do a system restore to a more stable version so I can run an antivirus (neither System Restore nor ACER eRecovery will launch).
Is there a LiveCD, or something similar, I can get on my system, that I can run that will allow me to run an antivirus scan on the system and fix this, or is there another possible problem/solution?