Virus (Trojan?)

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I think I've picked up a virus. Here's what happens:
1) I'll be on the net and I'll click a link or enter some data and click on
"continue' or whatever...all of a sudden I'm taken to a totally different web
page that has nothing to do with the page I was just on.
2) The 2nd flavor of this problem just occurred! As I'm typing this
message, an unrelated web page just popped up underneath this message window.
3) I have a DSL connection. Even if I've closed out Internet Explorer and
let's say, I'm working in a Word document and NOT on the web, all of a
sudden, a web page pops up!

I've run McAffe virus scan several times, as well as SpyBot and Ad-Aware.
I've removed all of the files that were flagged and the scans are all running
'clean' but I still have the problem. Any ideas of how and where I could
look for whatever is causing the problem?
 
In Irina <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
well I got the same problem, too. Happy to know I am not the only one
wit this problem.
Click to expand...

To both of you:

Virus:
www.grisoft.com - AVG
www.antivir.com - AntiVir
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - CA eTrust

Spyware:
www.lavasoft.de - AdAware
http://security.kolla.de/ - Spybot
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

Trojan:
www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ - a Squared
http://swatit.org/ Swat It

Before cleaning download this:

LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Use that should cleaning out your PC remove or damage your in-place winsock
and you can't connect to the internet.

From the virus and trojan category pick one application, they're all free,
download it and install it. Make sure that you update it. From the spyware
category pick all three, download them and update them to the latest
definitions. Reboot, press the F8 key over and over again, from the menu
select Safe mode without networking. Do your cleaning in there. Reboot to
regular mode and run the scans again. This isn't going to be quick or easy
but it might just solve your problems and it should prevent you from further
problems so long as you keep them updated and scan often. Most of them can
be enabled to update and scan automatically.

Galen
 
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