   "spyware alert"
  i keep getting this message, "system alert: spyware detected!"i got a message similar to this before, and i found a detailed/complex article on removing it which required editing the registry.this seems like a new problem!anybody any ideas how to remove and then prevent further infections?i havent been using any file downloding/sharing problems since the first time, so im wondering how i even got it.!thanks.   
Quote:i havent been using any file downloding/sharing problems since the first time, so im wondering how i even got it.!eh?   ;  I think you had better get a decent spyware removal tool, like AdAware or Spybot or HijackThis and give it a scan or two. I don't think Windows gives up automatic dialogue boxes when detecting spyware (unless Windows Defender has gotten more mature in the last couple months), so it's probably a wad of adware.   ;  Probably spyware.  Doing a simple  turns up a bunch of spyware hits.   ;Quote:Original post by GekkoCubei keep getting this message, "system alert: spyware detected!"i got a message similar to this before, and i found a detailed/complex article on removing it which required editing the registry.this seems like a new problem!anybody any ideas how to remove and then prevent further infections?i havent been using any file downloding/sharing problems since the first time, so im wondering how i even got it.!thanks.Some of these are fakes, first warning you for a week or two that you have spyware, then telling you that buying <insert fake anti-spyware product here> will solve the problem.If it's a message from your spyware/anti-virus protection, then you worry. That is when you come here.That forum helps me alot by walking me step by step through how to remove my computer trojans, virus, spyware, or whatevers. It'll might take them awhile to get back to you though. (About a day for me)Quote:Original post by RavuyaI think you had better get a decent spyware removal tool, like AdAware or Spybot or HijackThisIf you use HijackThis do not click "fix selected" after a scan, or it will remove many programs you do want. It is a high level utensil that can wreak havoc on your computer if you don't know how to use it. That being said; research how to use it before you 'fix' your computer, or better yet, go to the site I mentioned and they will have you download it and use it correctly.   ;  well im pretty sure this message is being generated by a spyware.i did a thorough scan on my computer with ad-aware with latest updates. i use the program often actually. it scanned a bunch of stuff and removed them. then i later rebooted.but this spyware posing as a windows message is sneaky. it will reinstall intself after its been removed. i read about this somewhere and i had to remove it following provided directions.right now its annoying the heck out of me and makes me want to go find the dude who's making money off of this...i really want to punch his nose or something!!argh!   ;  1) Have you updated you Windows installation?2) Have you disabled the Messenger service?   ;  Whenever I reinstall W2K, I get similar messages in ordinary windows dialogue boxes, a few mintues after installation sometimes, even before installing applications of any kind!Disable the Windows Messenger service, under services.   ;  i have winxp and my Messenger service was one of the first things i disabled when i got this new machine.im telling you, its a spyware.it says the system has detected spyware, so when i click on the exclamation mark at the lower left of the screen a browser pops up advertising anti-spyware software.it's just a sick and annoying advertisement through the unethical means of hijacking your computer!seriously, this thing pops up every 10 seconds now, seems like its getting worse!   ;  Post a hijack this log.   