Heh... don't format the machine yet..
Do what I said above and report back.
Also run "regedit" and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
When you're there, look at the right margin and tell me if any of the entries have a value of anything aside from "0". A numeric value should be at the end of each string under the data column.
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