My computer just started to have a popup by the clock on the desktop that says "Your computer is infected!". I haven't downloaded anything, and haven't been to any bad sites. I clear all my history, cookies, temp internet files, etc. everyday. I use Spybot Search & Destroy and Registry Mechanic. I could be able to use Spybot but after that "Your Computer is infected!" popup came it wont let me start up spybot. It allows me to run registry mechanic and i did and deleted all the bad things it found but that didn't help because the popup is still there. What are other free good spyware programs that work really good? I give Best Answer.
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1 Graham // Jun 25, 2008
this site helped me with my last virus, http://delete-virus.com
2 James // Jun 25, 2008
I used to use SuperAntiVirus untill i got Mcafee.
3 Jahco L // Jun 25, 2008
you can try downloading ad-aware its free…u can download it from download.com and just search "ad-aware"
4 jibbarjabar // Jun 25, 2008
Phony pop-up alert boxes, background changes or "balloon" pop-ups from the tray (by the clock) about a trojan, virus or spyware infection and the attempt to sell you some useless software to "fix" the problem usually indicates that your computer has a Smitfraud infection. DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR BUY THE PRODUCT THEY TRY TO SELL YOU! IT IS SCAM. It is really extortion-ware, first they infect your machine, then they want $$$ to remove it.
Sounds like your computer may have a variant of this ubiquitous Smitfraud infection.
Almost all "general purpose","all-in one" spyware and virus removal programs such as AVG Anti-virus, Norton, McAfee or Spybot S & D cannot remove it, as you have already found out.
Free specialised Smitfraud removal tool is here (SmitfraudFix)
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php
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