Desperately need help! My firewall will not turn on.

[jholland1964]

I am doing Avast and Malwarebites scans as we speak. Started them right after deleting the file.

You never should do two scans at the same time...both could miss something if you do AND trying to do two at once could cause the computer to totally freeze up.

Do one all the way through and then do the next one all the way through. With MBA-M be sure you update first, always update before each and every scan and if you are suspicious about something, as you are now, you should be doing a Full Scan with it, not a Quick Scan.