MAJOR iPod/iTunes/Computer Help Needed

Ok heres the problem. I get a virus on my comp awhile back, so i have to System Recovery on my comp. Iv had viruses and done this system recovery to my comp many times. And every time i get it working after the system recovery my iTunes wont work, also meaning the iPod cant get hooked up and upload music, it gives me the whole "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. sorry for the inconvenience" crap.
Iv had this problem many times before, and it usually takes me awhile of just doing random **** for it to work, but lately iv had diff. **** going on so i couldnt work on it, but i tried earlier today to fix it.
I always remembered downloading a new iTunes from Apple.com, and after doing some **** installing that and it working, just having to update/install the iPod.
Thing is i cant remember all i did to get the new iTunes to install. Right now i have tried deleting all the "corrupt" iTunes files & stuff, and installing the new iTunes, but no luck, still not working.
If anybody can help it would be great, if u need to ask me a question about it, hit me on a PM.
thanks alot for any help.

For your itunes folder 'You' are the owner.
It should read: 'Owner: YourLoginname'. If it's not, click on the little padlock symbol and change it to the name you use to log in.
You normaly don't have to change ownership at 'Group' (which at my computer says 'staff') and 'Others', but you can change it to 'Read & Write'.
Below 'Others' (just above the 'Comments:' pane) there should be a button 'Apply to enclosed items...'
Read this article about setting permissions in OS X 10.4:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh669.html
A more technical article about troubleshooting permissions issues can be found here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712
Hope this helps
M

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