I think I have a virus. Need help badly.

this really doesnt sound like a virus - are you sure of your video connections? (connection to the monitor, the card in it's slot, etc) also, you might want to update your video driver.

I'd say you have some serious issues with hardware, either graphic card, motherboard, power supply, or some combination of all :D Think it would be wise for someone with some technical background to check it out.

I would try to boot on a CD (or some other device). If necessary, you should be able to copy any data not backed up to a USB external drive. I agree, it could be hardware that has failed. This is handy to have: For what it's worth, I am using Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free and does not get in the way as much as Norton and others seem to do. You may need to do a complete format and reinstall again. It sucks, but sometimes that is all that will work. I would run chkdsk to make sure it's the drive is ok too.

Sounds like a hardware problem rather than a virus. Hint: You should list your OS and hardware specs when asking for this kind of help.

Agreed, sounds like imminent failure of the graphic card or a bad expansion slot. I think I know what someone is getting for X-Mas! :-)

sounds like hardware to me, too, and my first guess would be that it's the video card.

hmmmm 

If it's not failing right off the bat, but after it's booted and been on for 5-10 mins. I'd say check the fan on your video card if it has one. Sound like it might be over heating.

OK. Just got back from work. Thanks for all of the answers. After I eat something I will open it up and reset the video card or try going back to the on board video to see if that works.

I ended up removing the video card and going back to the onboard video. Everything seems to be working normally now. Thanks for the help.