I finally removed all that pathetic junk from all my computers and went to Microsoft download center to down load Security Essentials. It did not cost me a dime, it loaded fast and is designed and built for Microsoft OS’s. It works very well with XP, 7, etc, and especially with the new version of 7 and the Beta version of 8.
Forget about Fire Fox, etc,,, E8 & E9 work much better than those wannabees with Security Essentials. You can also do scans really fast, they do not load up your system, and you will enjoy much faster downloads as well as, be able to navigate faster. When it updates itself, you cannot even tell it is there either. And it does not bog down your system when it does.
Security Essentials also gives you a first class version of the program free of charge and they do not give you a skeleton version like most of the others do until you pay through the nose for their so called “professional version”.
Another point is, I have never felt more secure, and if I am assaulted by an attempt, I am immediately warned and it deals with the threat very effectively. And I have never had to “quarantine” a threat because the program could not get rid of it.
Security Essentials is one of the finest computer products I have ever used, because it really, really works. I suggest you try that first, before you use all those incompatible wannabee products that some are trying to convince you to use.
OK, the Malwarebytes ran for 7 1/2 hours and located a single virus, “PUM.hijack.startmenu”. It stated it removed it, but there are some other procedures I’m going to follow up on later (after I get some sleep !), starting with the TDSSKiller. I’ll let you all know how it goes. Thanks for the help.