Why do I keep getting the system alerts about trojans, viruses, and internet spyware programs?

Question

System performance monitor warning>System performance slowed down by 47%> Internet speed connection decreased by 39%> System Alert: spyware/trojan Trojan-Spy.win32#mx. I am really getting annoyed with these viruses

Answer 1

There's a very good chance this "alert" is phony and is being produced by adware already on your machine trying to scare you into buying protection from them.

Download AdAware and Spybot, run their updates to get the latest definitions, and run them about once a week.

Answer 2

Your PC isinfected with adware. Use these scans to remove it.

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free.
http://www.spybot.info/

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After you install them, update them to get the full affect.

Answer 3

Hello Dawn. First thing you should do is go to www.microsoft.com and get their Malicious Tool Remover. Then download Spyware Terminator and AVG's lastest antivirus. After you've downloaded them all, run the tool and should it find something it'll alert you! After the tool has cleaned things up potentially, put the other two apps on your desktop and get the updates... and run a scan with both. These will knock out the bad stuff on your system and tell you what's there. I keep thinking also maybe you've got Window's Messenger on, and if so you need to disable it. Google it to see how to fix it and don't let it on your system. This should get you in good shape.

Answer 4

Suggest you check the Security, Privacy and Content tabs in Tools, Internet Options.

If you are continually getting these alerts - you might be a little reckless in where you surf. You should be aware that every nanosecond you are online, someone, somewhere is trying to get your personal information. The bottom line of computer security is you.

Answer 5

Download this free antivirus software, update the definitions, and run a deep complete scan on your system:

http://free.grisoft.com

Also get Windows Defender from Microsoft, which is a spyware/adware scanner. Run that too. Do this, and it will probably rid your system of the crap that is messing with it.

Answer 6

It probable skill you've downloaded some thing like a screensaver or some thing that has ought to carry secret agent ware,it always tells you the position the document is or genuinely what it really is termed.If it has given you a recognition,do a workstation search for for the document and delete it.

Answer 7

I woudl recomend Avast as a free antivirus.