Windows 10: SysWOW64

So I logged on 10 minutes ago and I got pop up for Chromium, and Internet Explorer, both things I dont have. Then I got a notification that said there was a risk on the pc and it was called sysWOW64. I have no idea how I got it, the only things I have installed recently are the games Portal, and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam from steam. I have no idea how it got on. Can I fix my pc or am I fucked?

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SysWOW64

The name is ashampoo Anti-virus and i actually got 4 virusses from SysWOW64 : C:\windows\SysWOW64\proquota.exe

C:\windows\SysWOW64\iexpress.exe

C:\windows\SysWOW64\cttune.exe

C:\windows\SysWOW64\bthuftask.exe

and there is sime other thing maybe related to syswow : C:\windows\softwareDistribution\download\06b35beae3bef6f889c9859c80e and i couldnt read it any further but in the name it sais gen.trojan.heur

 

C:\Windows\SysWow64

Thanks for the response Dave. I ran the program and thought I was lucky when I found the Adobe Flash updater linked to that. I unchecked it and thought just to be safe, I'd keep looking down the list only to find many, many more including many what looked
like system files along with others. There are these that are checked also.

_Wow64 File not found: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Wow64.dll

_Wow64cpu File not found: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Wow64cpu.dll

_Wow64win File not found: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Wow64win.dll

_wowarmhw File not found: C:\WINDOWS\System32\wowarmhw.dll

_wowarmhw File not found: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\wowarmhw.dll

There is one like this that looks valid- _Wow64cpu c:\windows\syswow64\wow64cpu.dll

With all of the ones I found, I hesitate to disable them without knowing what I'm doing. If an entry says "file not found" and is active, would it be safe to disable those?

Thanks

 

SysWOW64

The 'Program Files (x86)' and 'SysWOW64' folders explained