Security essentials not starting

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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?

When I attempt to navigate to a site using IE I am always redirected to a seemingly random internet site. When open security essentials it pops up briefly before disappearing. So im unable to run scans.

I've tried anti-malware (malwarebyte) and it has quarantined some items but same issue remains. What else can I try ?

Yikes. Time to abandon ship. Grab the backups and reformat, because only God knows what else is on your machine now. — surfasb, Jan 14 '12 at 16:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 15 '12 at 13:54

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You might want to try scanning with Windows defender offline. It's available on Windows Update

edited Jan 15 '12 at 13:54

Sathyajith Bhat

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answered Jan 14 '12 at 16:35

maweeras

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 15 '12 at 13:56

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Just start your computer in safe mode, this way it won't shut down the process so that you can scan.

answered Jan 15 '12 at 13:56

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