I hate to say this (because I typically don't), but offhand it sounds like your registry might be hosed after removing malware and you might be better off to consider backing up your files, wiping, and running a clean install of windows XP. You could definitely try to track down all the issues you're currently having (and I think you'd find quite a bit of help here to do just that), but if those are already problems you can find, you need to ask yourself how long will it take in comparison to fix those problems than to just start from scratch, and if you would have to fix even possibly more problems down the road that aren't apparent yet.
Not probably the first advice to take, but something to consider at least; that and I second MikeSty's advice about Firefox.
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