Help? My computer keeps sending me pop-ups that there may be a virus in my computer.?

Question

What is spyware and can i override the system? I just keep closing out the sites because i need help and i dont want the wrong thing to happen to the system. Im new to the game so give me some guidance. Thanks to those who can help!

Answer 1

first you nedd to do download a cuople of stuff dont worry becasue i already have them on my computer all right they are:

firefox 2.1- best browser
spybot s&d - one of the best anti spywares
adaware by lava soft - one of the best anti spywares
spyware blaster - blocks spyware before it get in your pc
free avg anti virus - best free anti virus

after that just scan you pc with every program i told you and yuoll be good

Answer 2

Try Pest Patrol ( http://www.pestpatrol.com/ ) if you want free spyware and virus protection software.

Or try your internet provider's home page. Many providers provide free virus and spyware protection software, as well.

Norton and McAfee both provide a very good product for a reasonable price, as well.

Popups usually come from two different sources.

The website you visit may have popups, but the number of these are limited for obvious reasons. If people are inundated by pop-ups every time they visit a particular site, they'll stop visiting pretty quickly.

You have some adware (advertising software) installed on your computer and your own computer is generating the pop-ups. The advertising software usually comes bundled with free software you downloaded off the internet. In fact, the advertising software is the reason you were able to get the software for free. The advertisers paid for it in order to get the chance to show you their commercials.

The extra advertising software that comes with free software is the reason I'd use a little caution in choosing to download free virus protection and spyware software. Pest Patrol really is what it says it is. Any virus protection or spyware protection offered by your internet provider is almost always trustworthy.

It's a cruel irony to download some off-the-wall spyware protection only to find it protects against everybody elses pop-ups EXCEPT the pop-ups it generates itself. In fact, I definitely wouldn't trust any spyware protection that's offered via a pop-up.

Answer 3

Those pop-ups are probably part of a virus. If you don't already have an anti-virus software running on your computer, get one! Your ISP may provide one for free - if not, it's well worth the $50 or so. Norton and McAfee are two common ones you can buy at any computer store or even on line. DON'T click on any link in those pop-ups - you'll just make things worse.

You should also get some free anti-virus programs, like Ad-Aware and Spybot. Unfortunately not every anti-virus program will catch every virus, so it's best to have a couple - one major one like Norton or McAfee (but not both) and one or two or more free ones.

Here's a link to download Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Here's a link to download Spybot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Answer 4

If You tell me what Anti-Virus program you have it would be easier to answer. In your virus program update virus definitions. (Updating Virus Definitions should be in the manual you got the virus protection.) Then run a full system scan. If nothing is detected that means there might not be a virus in your computer and the popup might just be to scan your computer. If it detects a spyware, malware, and other junk your virus protector might try to remove it. You don't have to worry too much.

Answer 5

you definately have a virus or spyware get avira anti-vir personal edition it is the best free antivirus and has the best detection rates out of the 3 free av's avg is 82% avast at 88% and avira anti-vir personal edition at 94% i have used this for a long time and no problems yet. it is better than norton because it doesnt hog youre system resources

http://www.free-av.com/

Avira offers: 1.Extensive Malware Recognition of viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc. 2.Automatic incremental updates of antivirus signatures, engine and entire software 3.Permanent virus protection, with Virus Guard real time monitoring 4.Install and configuration in just a couple of steps, setup to protect your PC in minutes 5.Virus protection against known and unknown threats, using an advanced heuristic system 6.Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic virus scans or updates on your system 7.Forum and phone support

also get spyware terminator, it has real time monitoring and automatic updates, it is also very low on system resources and best of all it's free and not on the rogue spyware list. you can get it from http://www.spywareterminator.com/ i have used it for a long time it has HIPS, Real time shield, and if you want an integrated real time monitor from clam win antivirus. also a right click scan for windows explorer

you should also scan youre computer ocasionaly with spybot search and destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html and ad-aware personal http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1

again all these are free and i have used them for a long time and have used many av's including avast and avg and by far avira antivir is the best

Answer 6

spyware is when you download software such as limewire or bearshare that has advertisments that display all the popups on your michine...to ride your computer of all these infections download this anti spyware and anti virus tool....if you need help IM me on yahoo.

REMINDER: to access my site you need to sign up and get a username and password. It is totaly free I just have a gateway on my site so I can monitor all my downloaders

Answer 7

Firstly disconnect your computer from the Internet to prevent further intrusions and then for quick free relief of spy-ware download "ad-aware" just google it. And if your willing to spend some cash get stopzilla it's about forty dollars DON'T download norton is totally sucks, get McAfee!

Answer 8

It sounds like that you have some malware on your computer. Download Microsoft Windows Defender from
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
and scan your PC. Also, install a virus scanner like Norton's or McAfee, they work well.

Answer 9

You can try with Norton anti virus but don't try with any other spy wares which will further harm your computer. Or it is better run live safety from Microsoft in your computer. The website address is www.safety.live.com and proceed with the website instructions.

Answer 10

You have an Adware problem.
Run AVG Spyware remover and ccleaner

That will get rid of it