Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that was introduced in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2003 server, service pack 1. More general information on DEP can be found in this Microsoft knowledge base article. DEP is one of the many new defense in depth protection layers we have added in Office 2010. Office applications, when booted, will call into the GetSystemDEPPolicy function to determine your computers DEP policy. This API will return one of the following results, and will behave as follows: AlwaysOn – your Office applications will always run with DEP enabled. There is no way to change this without modifying your systems boot configuration file, and restarting your computer; AlwaysOff – your Office applications will always run with DEP disabled. There’s no way to change this without modifying your systems boot configuration file, and restarting your computer; OptIn – Each Office application can be configured in the trust center (see the section below) to determine if it should run with DEP enabled; OptOut – Each Office application can be configured in the trust center (see the section below) to determine if it should run with DEP enabled.

Full Article: Data Execution Prevention in Office 2010

Steps To Remove Spyware

How does Office 2010 implement DEP?

(Please Bookmark this page and take a printout before performing the steps)(# If you are unable to run the given Spyware removal tools, please Rename the Spyware removal tools file name to iexplorer.exe while saving it and then run it)

1. Restart your computer. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap "F8" key constantly. Use the arrow keys to highlight the "Safe Mode with Networking" option and then press ENTER.

2. Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button >> Now you will see Local Area Network (LAN) settings window >> Uncheck the checkbox labeled "Use a proxy server for your LAN" under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

3. Download and Run SmitfraudFix

# Run SmitfraudFix.exe and select the option 2 and follow the on screen instructions. Then select the option 5 and continue. Then Exit.

4. Download and Run Malwarebytes' AntiMalware.