Tonsam said:
Some kind of spyware is permanently showing a display "Warning spyware
detected on your computer - install an antivirus or spyware remover" . I did
install but still cannot remove this eyesore from desktop. It seems that the
Display Properties has been attacked and I have only 3 tabs showing: Themes,
Appearance and Settings.....no sign of background tab. WILL SOMEONE HELP ME
PLEASE. Thanks
Who told you to download the spyware remover the alert?
If so then you have a Zlob variant and you need to run a scan with your
Anti-virus I mean a complete scan not a quick one! Also run a scan from an
online scanners to make sure your AV doing it's job.
Unexplained computer behaviour may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315
Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
Run disk clean up and check disk on start up.
HTH.
Let us know your progress.
nass