>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to install Windows Update but I don't see any progress (see attached). What would be the course of action to check computer for malware and get rid of it?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
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>>Naomi
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>>I would use software at http://www.malwarebytes.org/ and also run something like Regcure to check your registry - then restart machine and try again
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>>Colin
>
>Can you give me a link to the second one too please. I'm running the first now, it already detected 6 infected files :( but I need to finish with the scan.
>
>I can not seem to be able to update virus definitions for MS Essentials and also when I try to open the new site, each time I got IE can not connect and only re-trying succeeds, so I think I have serious problems here :(.
>
>BTW, it took me a few iterations to even install this program.

Sounds as if you have serious problems - here's the other link http://regcure.org/

Maybe try another browser to see if that connects better - if it does then may IE is corrupted and needs to be deleted and reinstalled - that may be affect your updates

Colin