You might check out this page: Major Geeks recommendations. As far as I can see they are the same things that are recommended on this forum.

OK, I used Zonealarm for years until it seemed to clash with Windows XP SP2. This seemed to be an irritant for a minority so I still promote the Zonealarm firewall. Then I moved to Comodo and I am happy with that too. Anti virus, I have used AVG, AntiVir, aVast and Comodo all with no issues. Except AVG decided it was not going to allow my OE to send or receive emails a few months ago, again this happens to a minority of users. Why have I used all of those? Simple, I help computer users in the flesh and online occasionally so I felt I needed to know how each worked from my own stand point. Running 3 confusers 24/7 allowed me to use a variety of programs at the same time. All those are free, I have never paid for protection yet. I believe you will find all companies involved in virus protection talk to each other to form a common front against a never tiring enemy. Some reports have the enemy winning the battle sadly.

That sounds like Virut virus lets hope not though..... Unfortunately, the virus infects every .exe and .scr (actually an executable) file on your system, and when you scan with a virus scanner, it will normally delete it as uncleanable. Eventually you end up loosing more and more files. The only viable alternative is to format the system. You will need to backup your important files before a format and reinstall, but you can not backup any .exe or .scr files, because they are infected. Good luck...

It is extremely unfortunate that we have lost one of the best long time security help forums on the net, CastleCops. Much good information is now lost. I was a member there for many many years and am sad to see it gone. Other good forums with many of those members are now available which is good news. Paul and Robin did an excellent job with CastleCops, I wish them well and will miss that place. Another very good "list" site I often recommend is Gizmo's site. He has lists to many types of programs not just security so you will have to go to the appropriate area to find what you want. Gizmo's List - The Best Freeware Reviewed and Rated