I tried to follow the direction you gave user_hostile, but here's my predicament:
Cannot connect to the internet - not malwarebytes, google, bleeping computer or anyone else.
Today started with the Dell Laptop running Windows 10 running very slowly. There was a quick flash from Notifications that Microsoft Security needed attention, but everything was moving very slowly. I rebooted, and things still ran slowly, but Malwarebytes (registered) popped up and indicated it had been running for 07:51:28 (hh/mm/ss). It ran another hour, no change in number of files scanned. I saved the scan as a text file.
Next, Emsisoft Emergency Kit EEK(used another computer for download, USB stick to install) - it would not even start. I started to do research both here and on bleeping computer, but before I proceed to do anything else I would like to get feedback from the pros here on how to proceed, if there is a protocol I can follow. Certainly I can go down the list of recommendations that hostile_user received, and while this is not my first malware incident, it is the first one in a number of years and I find myself unsure of next steps.
Oh well I think of it, the only new addition to programs recently is Zoom. It probably got left on all night, I have a lot of routine tasks that run overnight.
Thanks in advance,
mvector133