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Win Antivirus popup - Help please.

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Name: pipcraz84
Date: July 2, 2006 at 20:12:47 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron - 512MB
Product: Dell - Inspiron 6000
Comment:

I keep on getting popups from "Win Antivirus" that gives a notice to check my computer for free. It leads to several popups to the "Win Antivirus" website. My antivirus software is unable to locate this virus/spyware. I am unable to find help anywhere. Can anyone help? Thanks!




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Name: lurkswithin
Date: July 2, 2006 at 21:06:51 Pacific
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What you have is malware/spyware. These pop-ups are sneaking into your system by being included in some download that you downloaded.

Check the add/remove in your control panel for something similar to what it is advertising about and see if it can be removed that way.

I recommend using these four products as one of them will find the culprit and get rid of it for you.

spywareblaster

spybot s&d

adawareSE

Ccleaner

you can find all of them at various websites like
http://www.majorgeeks.com

all are free

one other freebie I realy like is winpatrol

scotty the watch dog will warn you the next time something trys to install itself on your system

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