possible virus attack--please help

On Fri, 15 May 2009 14:58:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

hey, i am being bombarded by popups hawking "spyware protect 2009
alert" purporting to warn me of an "infiltration alert", asking me to
click on "yes" to "block this attack", and accompanied by a "windows
security alert" that contains grammatical errors.

anybody know how to deal with this?

in trouble in the old north state

wayno

Daniel's advice on malwarebytes is good - it will take of the problem (yes, it's
a virus/trojan, and it is fairly well-known by a couple of names). Run the full
scan, follow the instructions incl. rebooting, and re-run the full scan. Also,
download the latest security patch/"malicious software removal tool" (if you are
running XP, 2000, Vista). FWIW, to both you and Bill Grey, AVG didn't catch it
on some of our machines, but I do like AVG Free (Grisoft) in general for basic
security. If you want chapter and verse on manual removal - it involves editing
the registry, so be careful, Google "spyware protect 2009" and you'll find more
than you want to know. Again, I'd agree with Daniel and simply get
malwarebytes.

YFCOTGC,
R