i recently tried to download a music file and immediately got a popup from my security suite that there was a VIRUS detected and asked what to do. I opted to delete and navigated away from the page. since then I have a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it in my system tray that gives me a balloon when i hover over it that says "YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED! windows has detected spyware. windows will now download and install the most up-to-date antispyware for you. click here to protect your computer." If i click on it it takes me to an antispyware program. If I dont click on it i get a popup window about every five mins telling entiteled. Windows Security Alert. Warning! POTENTIAL spyware click here to download spyware remover. I can close the box out easy enough but it keeps coming back. Also when I go to Add/Remove programs it wont let me and says this operation has been cancelled due to restrictions on this computer. please CONTACT your system administrator.

I have run my antivirus/spyware several times and deleted several spyware but this remains. Does anyone have any suggestions??

compaq presario, windows xpThis sort of activity is common with sites like FreeRealityMPEGs. Download SUPERAntiSpyware, update it, and scan with it in Safe Mode. Once that's done, reboot into Normal Mode, then scan with HijackThis and post the log here.Due to lack of feedback, I am closing this topic. If you are the original poster and you would like this topic to be re-opened for any reason, PM me or another moderator and it can be arranged.

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