Virus won't allow me to install programs

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please I"m growing new gray hair everyday, and they're falling out from my issues. I'm a grandmother on disability and cannot afford to pay for anti-virus programs, so I thought I had resolved problem with microsoft essentials, but I also had other anti-virus programs running at the same time. It was not until sometime later, that I was informed this could cause me more problems. Boy was that ever the truth, so I began unstalling programs, and somewhere down the line I left myself open for a virus attack, which now leads me to where I'm today. Since around March or April I have been trying everything I could think of as well as contacing family and friends for their advice with this matter. The bottom line is virus will not allow me to complete and download and install any program to remove it. I get message that program has a virus and has been deleted. I have tried recovery, but that has not seem to work either. I'm trying to find work from home, and really need to resolve this. Oh Yeah!! Sometime back my email was sending out crazy emails to my contacts. I think that's where I contracted the virus from. I have talked to tech's and they want $50.00 - $100.00 dollars. Believe me I don't have it. Please help. I will be enternally grateful.

In doing research for the error codes on Windows updates, i came accross this thread.  Rather than post the solutions just follow the thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6ea0b5f6-9e66-401e-ae3a-4822b6c5b735/...
The comments for Windows update failures also indicate disabling the firewall software, which I do not see the name of the one being used.  Evidently some firewalls do not recognize Windows updates as a legit procedure.  "Zero Access Root Kit" was mentioned in that failure, also.  Maybe it is not all gone yet.
Actually I do not use Microsft Essentials, but found this; http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_start/mse-installation-failure-with-err...
Good luck - virus & malware removal is always a challenge.
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