Well, it took me five days, but my system is clean again. Those were some nasty worms. They mainly attacked the windows/system32 folder, with programs named things like "ntrootkit.reg" or "svchost.cmd" or "tftpd.exe", among several other names. They also had a nasty habit of shutting down my antivirus software, and occasionally my computer would attack itself.

Two decades- plus of programming experience comes in handy once in a while, when one wants to use DOS or DEBUG. That same exprience does not keep me from making dumb mistakes like letting Trojans onto my system. (Note to self: Java updates are set to automatic, a pop-up window claiming to be a Java update is probably a Trojan)

It did keep me from losing any information on my hard drives though, and now I will know exactly what to look for the next time i get hit with a big attack; repairs won't take nearly as long next time. (update: now thanks to windows update and a copy of linux, attacks won't be as severe)