TROJAN.POWELIKS solution

1.  Go to http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-111020-0511-99

2.  Click "Download Removal Tool", follow the instructions, then look on your Desktop and read fixpoweliks64.txt for results.

I've been dealing with this nasty virus for over a month.  It has cost me many hours in lost productivity, keyboard and mouse freeze-ups, display resets, and reboots.  NIS couldn't remove it for reasons unknown, but continued to give me popups with "Trojan.poweliks removed".  Next day, problem repeated. 

Then I did a search on "poweliks" and found this removal tool.  Works for me.

Hope this helps.