I realize that you came here for help to find the truth from among the myriad of
nonsense resultson the web. Possibly even an educated response.
Total Security IS the Malware. I have included a link to a site that instructs you
on it's 'Manual' removal. I chose this so that yo might get some experience working
with the actual workings of Vista.
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-total-security.html