something up with my pc.

hopalong85 · 2008-03-06 23:38:58

Hey, I keep getting a popup saying 'system alert: trojan-spy.win32@mx' on my pc. I use mcafee to protect my computer, and when i clicked the system alert popup thing mcafee warned me that the site was unsafe. Anyway this thing keeps popping up every 5 seconds and is very annoying, should i be worried? Also what can i do to…

06-03-2008 11:38PM

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hopalong85

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Hey, I keep getting a popup saying 'system alert: trojan-spy.win32@mx' on my pc. I use mcafee to protect my computer, and when i clicked the system alert popup thing mcafee warned me that the site was unsafe. Anyway this thing keeps popping up every 5 seconds and is very annoying, should i be worried? Also what can i do to get it to stop? Thanks guys and sorry if this is a simple thing, I'm pretty much crap with computers!

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#2 06-03-2008 11:40PM

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If the alert isnt from mcafee, its a virus. Run a virus scan with mcafee, or download Spybot search and destroy.

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#3 06-03-2008 11:53PM

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Thanks mate, downloaded the spybot thing and it seems to have worked the continual popups are gone. Cheers.

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#4 07-03-2008 12:07AM

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no bodger!:)

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