Operationally to use MB while surfing should not be a problem. However, isn't it a little counter productive to do so as we know that MB does not scan in real time? My thought is the potential is present to have a 'new" bug without warning or detection embed itself in an area of the H/D after it has already been scanned. The critter would not be detected until the next scan and thus in truth a user would not know for 100% certainty that the drive was clean. DA

Antivirus Vista 2010, Win 7 Antispyware 2010, and XP Internet Security 2010 are new rogues that are exactly the same program, but are shown with different names and interfaces depending on the version of Windows that it is run on. After I wrote this guide, I was told that this rogue goes under quite a few different names. Do the best you can, then head to a Malware removal forum. Here is a link that might be useful: virus-removal/remove-antivirus-vista

yes Kathsgrdn always update malwarebytes or any program prior to running the full scan there usually will be new definitions to pick up and running in safe mode is a great idea many times the trojan or malware has processes running that prevent it from being cleaned and in safe mode much less is running. If you need more help just come on back and ask. Also a good idea is to reboot after those scans, many times in fact malwarebytes will say something about clean after reboot.

Hmm, I had not read the whole MS page but basically you only need to follow the first 2 instructions. I have never had to use those other instructions myself. Remember that if you get flustered just click the Cancel button to get out of where you are. There is nothing to be afraid of when using System File Checker. You It simply goes through your computer checking all the operating system files and replaces those which are corrupt or missing. The need for the CD is so it can get the needed files to install for you. The slight downside is that it takes the computer back to when your particular CD was created which means you will be behind on security updates and possibly a service pack. No big deal there either, you simply go to the windows update site and the computer grabs whatever it needs. You are doing nothing wrong. Who knows why those files went missing. Perhaps/probably it was due to the power outage. You can of course extract and install each of those files if you wish to avoid using SFC. Follow the instructions here to do that for each file. You do not have to do them all at one time. Try one, see how it goes then do others as you feel up to the task.