Virus

[louiebh]

Hi I run Avast Anti Virus but after having my hard drive changed I seem to have picked up a virus I keep getting a balloon on my screen that says I have a critical system error. I have run the avast virus clean but cant get rid of the error message

[galooma]

have you disabled windows messenger?
http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm

[Spiritsongs]

   Hi Louie :

     What you are experiencing is an indication you have a very bad piece of "spyware" on your
     computer, NOT a "virus" . What antiSPYWARE/antiTROJAN program(s) do you have on your
     computer ?  What is the NAME of your Operating System ? IF you have either Windows XP or
     Windows 2000, I recommended you use the FREE version of "SUPERantispyware" from
     www.superantispyware.com , as a 1st and hopefully last "step" in resolving that "balloon" .

[FreewheelinFrank]

Hi louiebh,

It sounds like it could be a scam message.

If you haven't already, try these free anti-spyware scanners:

AVG anti-spyware:

http://www.ewido.net/en/

a-Squared free:

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Ad-Aware:

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Spybot Search & Destroy:

http://www.safer-networking.org/