I think I have a computer virus!

...yes, the computer world can be a clogged up one! Currently I'm geting all these multiple popups, then one from anti-virus pro.. which I did download the first day and it didn't seem to work right.. so uninstalled it and now I'm more inclined to think the anti-virus pro might be part of the whole scam/problem(?) I figure it'll work out.. I'll keep scanning with the new protector I installed.. we'll see I guess.. (lotta trojan horse thingies being found and deleted, thus far:)

mu hubby is real bad about getting on here and falling for those programs that suppose to help your computer,and they do carry viruses...The last time i had my computer cleaned out the guy told me NOT to put those get better and quicker services on my computer,he told me they do carry viruses..I just remembered him telling me that...

..thanks rev!:)

..yes, I think I was a little too relaxed about the virus protection.. altho I did have windows defender..(?) and XoftSpy (or something like that) I'm taking notes on things to do, and wrote down disc cleanup and defrag.. thanks!:)

ah ha!! I'm not the only one then...

your welcome and I hated windows defender!

Thanks Wizzy! I will be trying those!! Obviously my Xoftspy was not doing the trick!:(

Yes I'm sure! And I've been looking for a good free one! Thanks for the link! I already downloaded it and uninstalled the other, as I'm not completely sure it wasn't part of the problem, as thinking back it may have been the first in this series of (later) pop ups!:)

I confess it is the first time I come across "Xoftspy". I am sure what I recommended is at least on par with this paid thingy. :P

..thanks.. I'll check that out!

I'll try that.. thanks! [I had it but removed it when the trouble was underway.. but maybe I'll try it again.]

...hmmm, this all sounds so eerily familiar! Yes, perhaps Firefox is what I'll end up doing.. and if so, sure hope it works (glad it worked for you!) Sure beats having the problem deep within my hard drive or something.. The scanning has brought up lots of "trojan horses" and they seemed to be buried deep in files.. Yes, if it doesn't clear up soon with all the scanning, I'll be giving Firefox a close look - thanks!:)

I downloaded Firefox and uninstalled internet expolorer 7.0.. as I'm not taking any chances! So far all is going very well... except when my son opened up the "help" menu of his Yahoo Music Jukebox.. and started getting all the pop ups! So now I'm on the search on how to convert it to Firefox.. perhaps I'll just have him redownload the thing.. So thanks for your suggestion! A life saver! Well saved the life of my computer anyway!:) Firefox even has the tabs which explorer 7.0 has, and I was reluctant to lose!:)

Someone recommended you turn on your pop up blocker...ours was on and it didn't help. Nothing did..scanning for viruses, spyware, etc. nothing helped us until we switched to mozilla firefox as our new browser. You can try the other stuff first and see what happens. Every problem is different.

yes I did switch to firefox and all has been well since. I also downloaded spybot a free anti virus etc program and it too is keeping everything well, as I run the scans real often.. I found out some of these things that get in the computer will copy themselves! So two or three things will still occasionally "pop up" - especially one from win.pro.antivirus or some such, which was the whole problem I think I had.. as there were massive pop ups, then the win pro saying my computer was in danger I should download their product. [The wretches!] - I'm hoping if I keep scanning and scanning I'll get rid of it sometime before it copies itself! Thanx.

Thanks Anniedup!! Yes.. I am going to forget all about computer troubles while I'm gone!:)