Hello & welcome
@Dave_666! Reading from the abundance of posts which have already been posted here with good advice by knowledgeable & experienced Staff and fellow members, I shall liken your joining Malware Tips as a hungry man having found himself amidst a lavish buffet.
The key difference being the many gems of wisdom and friendly instruction you have already received, and shall continue to glean, is comprised more closely with qualities rather than quantities.
In addition, you have become an integral part of a community that is rich in ways which I can only skim the surface of with allusions!
Primarily, follow this, your "Yellow Brick Road" of knowledge
which has been laid before you by some true
Wizards whom know,
and we will all look forward to hearing, in turn, when your system finds it's way back home to the place of functioning properly!