No icons listed within add/remove programs

Without reading every thread in this post let me ask you if you can run and open regedit or taskmanager. Do these come up?

Asking because this raises the Trojan virus admare malware hairs on the back of my neck. If I were a virus, disabling uninstall and safemode would be ideal self preservation.

Perhaps you should pay a visit to our trained experts in our out standing forum for this type of diagnosis and cleanup. Keep in mind that doing so may be lengthy and time consuming so if you intend to dabble in this and then drop it before completion, please consider other options. Time for our members, in this particular forum is most valuable and premium.