Scanner for Spyware?

[Clare]

I have been receiving the following "pop-Up" message from
the time-to-time when I launch Internet Explorer and I'm
just wondering if the message is valid or a hoax. Has
anyone else ever received this type or the same message?
Is a real warning message from Microsoft or not?
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HERE'S WHAT THE MESSAGE SAYS ON THE POP-UP SCREEN:
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Warning. Important Message!!!
You are seeing this message, because we have detected
that you have tracking software installed in your
machine. (more info)

This is not a virus, but a program in your machine that
monitors and transmits all of your online activities, and
is a serious violation of your privacy.

Below is a link to a free scanner to download that will
find and remove all spyware programs on your machine: Get
the scanner

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It sounds like a random pop-up ad.

To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware," such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or
KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are
quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
http://security.kolla.de/. Both have free versions. It's even
possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system
against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform
manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.


Bruce Chambers

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