I got a random message from a person I used to talk to and it showed a link saying 'Hey check this out'. So being the smart guy I am I clicked it and it came up with a program that downloaded itself to my computer and started sending the same program to other people on my buddylist. AIM seems to work ok, but I can't Alt+Ctrl+delete to see my taskbar. Possibly running in the background? Help!

Try booting in safe mode and do a system restore, run a virus scan, or whatever you feel would work. To boot in safe mode, press F8 when the screen before windows comes up. Free laptops! http://www.notebooks4free.com/default.aspx?r=182006

Here are a couple of links to read about this from Symantec.con security. Maybe one of them can help. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kelvir.ap.html http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kelvir.ao.html I'm not ignorant, I just need more learning!

I have a removal tool that removes all known AIM viruses, including this one, and repairs task manager. See http://jayloden.com/VirusClean.htm If you're concerned about trusting me or my website, all you have to do is search Google (or even the computing.net forums) for Jay Loden and/or AIM virus and you'll see loads of links to me and recommendations from various people or organizations. Hope this helps, -Jay

Greetings, Steps for removal 1.Do sign off from AIM 2.Disable messenger service 3.Install registry fix http://winsupportcenter.com/downloads/antioscar.zip 4.Update all anti virus software. hdedmund