I'm looking at my SO's Win 7 laptop. I had assumed it was infected because the following is true:
AVG real time scan is disabled.
AVG control panel won't start.
Windows update last completed on 8/8/2013.
Windows update reports 72 important updates but won't download anything.
Adobe Reader is at version 9 {known security problems} but won't download the update.
i.e. - I assumed an infection of some kind had turned off the AV and the security updates.
These are the results of following the mandatory cleanup process:
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