Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Windows update is not reachable via link in start menu. The OS will, however, auto-update and install any patches or fixes up to the time of support EOL.
Pretty easy to remove. Just restart in safemode and remove all files timestamped during the same period of infection in your user temp files and the offending program from your Windows startup. Last step was to use system restore. Ran ME and MWB without incident;)