Tomk_

You might have a look at Grinlers article over at Bleeping Computer that the forbes article is based upon. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb4556799-update-wont-install-has-audio-issues-bugs/

Nice choice. You've got good taste in your tune selections.

To all you Mothers out there...

It sounds like you haven't made it to Finland, yet...but we're happy to hear that things are going relatively well here.

Happy belated birthday!

And...change your passwords!

I'm glad to hear you have things running better. You experience is a little bit odd as that is an old family of PUP's. It's also strange that MalwareBytes didn't remove it as it has been in it's database for 7 or 8 years, as well as Microsoft Security Essentials, and pretty much - every malware program out there. The important thing is that you got it removed and your issue is resolved. Congratulations!

This is not a direct answer to your questions, because I'm not responding about PCMatic... but if you aren't connected to the internet - what are you wanting to protect your computer from?