and it is the worse one ever. I have run norton antivirus, adaware,
spybot, and cwshredder, and nothing has fixed this.
Here's the problem, twofold: (1) my desktop has been hijacked and my
usual picture is replaced by a black webpage with yellow writing that
says "Warning You are in danger!" and then goes on to talk about the
perils of spyware. It asks you to click on it, and when you do it
takes you to a page that has a list of spyware products to
buy...obviously all a part of the scam. I have gone into my display
settings in the control panel under customize desktop, and web, and
there is a file listed there called "security." I uncheck it, and it
goes away, bringing back my old desktop. However, upon reboot it
brings it all back!
(#2) In my system tray, there is a little yellow triangle with an
exclamation mark in it, and every few minutes it pops up with a warning
that reads "warning, your computer is at risk...spyware detected on
your pc....windows did not find spyware protection on this
computer...click to chooose a recommended spyware sweeper" (obviously
all again part of the hijack. If you click on it, and sometimes even
when you don't it pops up a blue website that appears to be a windows
warning (but is really not) that links you to buy more of their d***
spyware!
I have tried EVERYTHING, usually am able to fix these problems. Can
someone, anyone please help!!!!