A scamware virus called "Smart Security" disabled my main computer!

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Hey guys. On Saturday my main computer was hit by a scamware virus called "Smart Security", and I recognized it as a virus that scams you of your money after being infected by the virus. I ran into it 2 times earlier this year, but this time I wasn't so lucky. On Monday I had to send it to the Geek Squad for repairs along with backing up my files, and that costs me a lot of money. Everything I tried failed, including Safe Mode. System Restore didn't work, and I can't even go into Safe Mode because it keeps automatically restarting my computer. It keeps making my computer restart over and over again when I even reach the Windows boot-up logo. So annoying! Not even the Windows Recovery Console could help because it read as a Disk Read Error. I'm sorry to say that I didn't install any firewalls or defensive software on it. IT tricked my computer by making it look like an anti-virus, anti-malware, or anti-spyware program, but it actually corrupted my computer. Now it's costing me a LOT of money, about $230 dollars to back up my files and reinstall windows to the way it came from the factory. A major drain on my wallet. I'm typing this here on my secondary computer, my Nettop that I got last Christmas, my Acer Aspire Revo. Now I feel like strangling whoever made that "Smart Security" scamware virus with my bare hands! Now I have to use multiple firewall protections such as ZoneAlarm, EZFirewall and Windows Firewall, but i'm afraid that it'll slow down or stop my internet connection. Is there a way to make my DSL connection faster while still on a firewall? I don't want to run into the same "Smart Security" virus that ruined my eMachines computer again.