My windows is infected with spyware = ( an hour 2 sort it out

teenage_Drama

hi

a window keeps popping up saying 'your windows is infected' and it says my computer is infected with spyware infection!

i have to get rid of the thing popping up in the bottom right corner continuesly by 2.30pm and i have to get rid of ALL the spyware by 2.30pm.

i have downloaded plenty of songs from limewire...maybe thats how the spyware got there????

please help

teenage_Drama

i did system restore but it doesnt help

Chippy_Minton

Follow the Malware/Spyware Removal Guide sticky in this forum.

teenage_Drama

where is it?

heatherw_01

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

teenage_Drama

thanks

ill have a quick look at that

and is there a way to get rid of the pop up thing in the bottom corner?

rtipple

Better still .. do a web search for 'Spybot'. Should find a page for 'Spybot - Search and destroy'. It's a freeware program that detects spyware and safely removes it from your PC.
I've used it many at time on my own PC, as well as extend family and recommend it to all my friends when ever they have issues and ask me about spyware.

There are others out there, but this is the one I know and use.

Good luck.

MercilessKiller

meh hardly works for the deadly internet hijackers like lop.com

depends how serious the spyware is. Sometimes hijackthis + safe mode + registry is the only way

madnlooney

your best to use spybot search and destroy and also ad-aware. they are both free programes and are very good

rtipple

Seriously, Spybot is your best option, or Ad-ware as another person mentioned. Basically, if these two can't do it, then you've got a bigger issue that only people who really understand their PC, will be able to sort out.

If all else fails, back up your data and do a complete reformat and install of your PC. Sounds like alot of trouble to go to, but sometimes it's worth it as you start with a fresh PC, more disc space as you've got rid of rubbish on there you don't need. Performance will go back to how it use to be before you had god knows what installed and running in the back ground. But this is a LAST RESORT though and should only be attempted if you know what you're doing.

teenage_Drama

ok i downloaded spybot and checked for problems

it says

no immediete threats were found!!!

what now?