want to un-install Super-antivirus just yet. I think I may have figured out where I am getting all these malaware and trogans from and what is messing up my computer though. I downloaded a program called "Dashlane" that takes all your information and logs you in to all your website and fills out your forms and even your credit cards. I noticed that I started getting a lot more stuff on my computer after that and since they downloaded an "update" everything has been really screwy. I love the program though, it is really cool but I think I'm going to un-install it and see what happens first.

complete suite.

You can download it for free here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/security-essentials-download

ComboFix can be really helpful but you should not run it if you don't know what you're doing. If done incorrectly, you can really mess up your computer.

of which I understand. What are you supposed to do with it?

But I consider it a last resort and have only run the program a couple of times over the years. It generates a log file which you can upload to a help forum or show to someone who knows what they're doing and they can help from there. The steps you take will depend on what is found.

Here's a tutorial with some good info-
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

It's passive so it won't interfere with any active virus protection you may be running (e.g. Microsoft Security Essentials) They encourage donations, but the personal use version is free. You can use it to set up system recovery, and the new version can make a boot CD, and also has rootkit detection. Very awesome.

An excellent program so far IMHOOC!

and stop sign. sometimes though windows gets in its own way and the best bet is to go outside the operating system for a solution. for particularly pernicious pests (rootkit, viruses that attack antivirus programs, etc) try 'clamav' with a linux livecd. its one of the few truly open-source antivirus programs out there and is made specifically for fixing windows problems using linux and thereby proving once again that the open-source and free linux operating system is better.