the custom screensavers i have quit working.
including the ati screensavers, my favorite being the bacteria one.
only the microsoft ones work now.
how can i fix this?

the screensavers will "test" fine, ive also tried manually setting scrnsave to my screensaver.
its just that the screensavers dont work normally, thats the problem.
you can test them fine, but under normal conditions non-microsoft screensavers do not run.
and i dont think malware caused this, it was more likely an anti-malware app that set security settings on screensavers to only run microsoft certified screensavers.