Personal Antivirus has captured the machine

A friend downloaded the dreaded 'Personal Antivirus'.
It has captured the machine. I've managed to download mbam.setup.exe but it won't install. I think ???? there are no cycles left to open & install, as I get a series of about 4 windows popping up indicating trojans, and viruses are active.

I've tried to go to a system restore point, but no cycles to actually get all the way there.

It won't even boot in safe mode.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Hi, pilotgal.

You're quite the busy malware removal helper these days!

Here's a removal guide at a reputable site.

• Bleeping Computer: How to remove Personal Antivirus (Removal Guide)

However, you apparently cannot install MBAM so I suspect there are other malwares in that computer as well.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/malware-virus-removal/announcements.html
You know the drill.

Good luck!