Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Rogue: Windows Emergency System

The Malwarebytes research team has determined that Windows Emergency System is a fake anti-malware application. These so-called "rogues" use intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have been compromised. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these threats. In extreme cases the false threats are actually the very trojans that advertise or even directly install the rogue.
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I had been getting a popup that said it was Windows Securiy Essentials 
claiming it had found these malware files…
trojan psw win32 launch
hacktool win32 /welevate.a
adware win32 fraud
After doing a lot of digging  I finally did find instances of these files on the machine and removed them. As I recall the process involved some registry hacks. In any event. I thought I had gotten rid of them but it appears they are either
back or they’re not originating from my machine.   
I’m still getting this same issue but its’ only from one site so far. I have run trendmicro’s ´Titanium<sup>™</sup> Maximum Security”,
also Malwarebytes Premium plus, “Microsoft Safety Scanner” and of course Windows Defender.
 I had originally been using theTrendmicro
also ran HijackThis ( found nothing ) and had only recently switched to Kaspersky after reading over some reviews 
on the two softwares. However Kaspersky didn’t seem to want to play nice with Windows 8.1 so I switched back to Trendmicro. Cant know for sure but I suppose it could have been the malware issue causing problems for Kaspersky. So now i’ve run just about
everything I can think of. The thing is none of these programs find anything on my computer. Everything I have
Trendmicro,
Kaspersky,
Windows Definder,
Microsoft Safety Scanner,
Malwarebytes,
Hijackthis
Says my machine is clean and free of any malware or viruses
Whatever this thing Is, it’s invisible nothing seems to be able to find it

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