I did all of the above. Checking, Unchecking and rechecking the various boxes. The same thing happens, no counter and never finishes.
I started in Safe Mode and it worked fine. The animated ribbon, a;beit a different one, did show 100% and stopped. The problem seems only to be the animated ribbon on top. It didn't find any more values, but on the same hand I did a thorough cleaning with another product,so I wasn't expecting to find anything else. I am not a novice. I was asked by someone up in the thread. "What is it I am trying to do?" I was only trying to make my computer run smoother because start-up and ahut-down were taking forever and I had uninstalled some garbage programs. So I knew there was lot of garbage. Unfortunately I didn't use Revo Uninstaller Pro to uninstall the programs. I have been using this program for 4 years now and I was just trying to be loyal as someone who has donated money to Piriform.
I agree also, that this thread is too long. Unfortunately it got sidetracked into an AV/AM problem when it has nothing to do with it. Thank you for your time and unless you have any suggestions, then please close this thread, but, please reply and tell me what you decide.