Griff: +I let my roomie use my comp while i was away for a few weeks. I returned to find "Warning! Spyware detected on your computer! Install antivirus or spyware remover to clean your computer" as my background message. I tried to place a new background on but this message still appears in the middle. I just bought Norton 360 but it doesn't seem to be detecting it. Also if I leave my computer idle for too long a blue screen pops up with a bunch of computer nomenclature and eg. bogus_driver or something of the sort being the problem. If I hit any button on the keypad it will close that screen and it will no longer pop up until the computer is idle again.
Murphy: I got this spyware/trojan also - replaced my picture on screen with same saying. Continually popped up messages saying I was infected, click here for spyware, etc. Changed my privacy settings to accept all cookies. Slammed me with ads. Was a particularly insidious problem. Since I am not techy inclined, I went to Office Max and bought a disk called PC Restoration (save the receipt - you need numbers off it). You plug in the disk, and it takes you to a web site where you get one of their techs. You let him log onto your computer through a process they give you. It took them hours to fix it - but they did. They keep working on it until it is fixed. Cost $99 for the disk. That is the expensive way I guess - but it worked for me.
Murphy: I got this spyware/trojan also - replaced my picture on screen with same saying. Continually popped up messages saying I was infected, click here for spyware, etc. Changed my privacy settings to accept all cookies. Slammed me with ads. Was a particularly insidious problem. Since I am not techy inclined, I went to Office Max and bought a disk called PC Restoration (save the receipt - you need numbers off it). You plug in the disk, and it takes you to a web site where you get one of their techs. You let him log onto your computer through a process they give you. It took them hours to fix it - but they did. They keep working on it until it is fixed. Cost $99 for the disk. That is the expensive way I guess - but it worked for me.
