Windows Update not Working

After going through the entire Malware removal process, my Windows Update has stopped working.

I have tried the following with no results:

Try shutting down Comodo and any other protection software and see if that helps.

If not, then try the below.

Download Windows Repair by Tweaking.com and unzip the contents into a newly created folder on your desktop.
Now open Repair_Windows.exe
Go to Start Repairs tab.
Choose "Custom Mode" and press "Start".
Create a System Restore point if prompted.
In the Custom Mode window, select the following repair options:
Repair Windows Firewall
Repair Internet Explorer
Repair Hosts File
Remove Policies Set By Infections
Repair Winsock & DNS Cache
Repair Windows Updates
Now click the Start button.
Be patient while the tool repairs the selected items.
If asked to reboot the computer for the changes to take affect, make sure other tasks in the program are not still running before accepting to restart.
Reboot after running Windows Repair.

Any thoughts?

Thank you.

 

Go to Services scroll until you find Windows Update,,Windows Update,and Stop Windows Update,,reboot then go back to Services and click Start,Windows Update. You may need to try this,,,http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

 

No luck. I have tries several things from Microsoft support forums all of which have not worked. I also tried Ccleaner to just basically clean things up.

The exact error I am getting is:

When I click "Check for Updates" it scans for a couple of seconds and then returns:

Red X Shield picture with: "Windows could not search for new updates"
An error occurred while checking for new updates for your computer.
Errors found: Code 80096001 Windows update encountered an unknown error.

While there are some posts that reference this error across the web, there does not seem to be a solution that has fixed this specific Windows Update problem.

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated?

 

Not sure if this is of any help but here is the Reporting Events log from the Software Distribution folder of C:\WINDOWS

Thanks.

 

1.Reset WU components in aggressive mode How do I reset Windows Update components?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058
2.Reset WU modules Repair & Fix Windows Updates with Fix WU Utility | The Windows Club
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-fix-windows-updates-with-fix-wu-utility

3.Try suggestions from this site:You cannot install some updates or programs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798