i have 3 computers, and several of my friends have a virus which fowards infected email, i am thinking i might be the one who started it, since i am the only common thread amoung these friends. where and how should i look to see if i have the virus?
you have avast installed ? …have you run a quick scan ?
follow this guide and attach (not copy and paste ) the requested logs http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
AdwCleaner
Malwarebytes
OTL
aswMBR
let me know if this is correct
thats okay …adwcleaner removed a ton of crap from your browser 
then we need malwarebytes and OTL logs
the malware removers are notified. it may take hours before one arrive so be patient
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