Annoying popups in System Tray

[Guest]

normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point your
mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to with
text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray
that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps coming
up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I
don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first
place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since been
using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using
Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already
appreciated.

 

[DL]

Your system is compromised by malaware and who knows what else.

Run an online scan eg trendmicro.com
Install, update and run Adaware, Spybot, MS Defender - all of these

PS you are using WinXp yet you posted to a Win2k group?

 

[Colon Terminus]

normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point your
mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to with
text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray
that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps coming
up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I
don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first
place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since been
using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using
Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already
appreciated.

Sounds like the Smitfraud-C trojan.

Google for how to get rid of it.

 

[Max M.Wachtel III]

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much thought,came up with this jewel in

normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you
point your mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the
program it belongs to with text information but there are these
two flashing icons on my systems tray that I consider very
annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another
keeps coming up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and
removing software. I don't know how the hell these things got into
my system tray in the first place (yeah I know they get there
through net surfing)

I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not
since been using Windows known where in the registry System Tray
items are stored.

I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am
using Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help
is already appreciated.

This will cure it.(run in safe-mode)
http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm#uninstall
max