Hi I run Avast Anti Virus but after having my hard drive changed I seem to have picked up a virus I keep getting a balloon on my screen that says I have a critical system error. I have run the avast virus clean but cant get rid of the error message
have you disabled windows messenger?
http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
Hi Louie :
What you are experiencing is an indication you have a very bad piece of "spyware" on your
computer, NOT a "virus" . What antiSPYWARE/antiTROJAN program(s) do you have on your
computer ? What is the NAME of your Operating System ? IF you have either Windows XP or
Windows 2000, I recommended you use the FREE version of "SUPERantispyware" from
www.superantispyware.com , as a 1st and hopefully last "step" in resolving that "balloon" .
Hi louiebh,
It sounds like it could be a scam message.
If you haven’t already, try these free anti-spyware scanners:
AVG anti-spyware:
a-Squared free:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
Ad-Aware:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
Spybot Search & Destroy: