WWW.hexbolg.org is Ilfak Guilfanov's site. He is The main author of IDA and considered one of the best low level Windows experts in the world. His fix is recommended by several top notch security providers (including F-Secure). Although that part of the world is a prime territory for phishing and other malware, if you went to the real hexblog.org you should not be worried about catching anything there. I don't know why his fix blew up you computer, but I'm glad to hear it's fixed. There are other "work-arounds" such as disabling the shim "shimgvm.dll". I have used this on numerous computers without any heartburn. When Microsoft has the real patch available just re-enable the shim. Google can show you how. It is a piece of cake.
 

OOPS! My bad. www.hexblog.com is the correct site, not hexblog.org.
 

To paraphrase General Buck Turgidson, 'Never trust those Ruskies.'
 

took my keyboard apart and washed it in soapy water

so *that's* how ya avoid viruses and germs....