well also I definitely think the way AVG installed was different than Avira. AVG kept having a corrupt installation because of some error with the firewall which I could not tweak. Avira installed without any problems and scanned without any problems also :) Thanks!
thank you for your replies and links. kemical I used Avira and it brought back stability to the system although not all since I couldn't update the virus detections but now I am connected to the Internet and in position to completely restore stability. Thank You Very Much!
Ok I am not that much of a noob at computers and I am usually able to fix any sort of virus infected comp within a short period of time, however, my father's Dell laptop is a complete hassle (Again I am very new to Vista only use XP on all my personal comps). It is a Dell Vostro 1000 not really...