Smart firewall wont turn on, error 3040,10001. Please help.

I'm running vista home premium 32 bit, NIS 2011,  my NIS says that my computer is at risk and wont let me turn on my smart firewall. Everytime i turn it on it turns off in about 10 seconds and brings me to a one click support session screen where it prompts me to begin the suport session. It shows error 3040,10001 and takes me to a support site where it tells me to exit all programs and restart my computer, ive done this several times and it doesent work. Someone please help me with this.