I downloaded a new codec to watch a movie, after I did it I instolled it and then all hell broke loss.
A massege on my tollbar apeared saying "Your comuter is infected. Critical system error. System detected virus activities.they may cause critical sysytem failure. please use a antimalware software to clean and protect your system from peresute programs. click here to get all available software". and if I click it a net page opens that from it I can download a program that later I found out I had to buy to use.
I want to know is it a adware that got into my comuter or is it a real virus alert from windows?
lxYiPPi answered Tuesday August 1 2006, 7:17 pm: Probably just a pop-up advertising.
Ad-aware really works i have it, & it's free. i think it's ment to get virus's away or mabe popups i'm not sure but it fixes my computer all the time. to download the free edition of ad-aware here's the link....
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