Need help with malware problem

[programmernovice]

Hi, I use Spysweeper and have started getting popup error messages
stating that access to certain websites has been blocked. These are
apparently websites associated with spyware. They come continuously
and have become a royal pain, not to mention the possible danger.

I've tried sweeping my drive with different products but nothing turns
up. Can someone please direct me toward possible locations or file
name of the crud on my drive causing this so that I might be able to
delete it? Many thanks for all help and suggestions.

 

[Malke]

Hi, I use Spysweeper and have started getting popup error messages
stating that access to certain websites has been blocked. These are
apparently websites associated with spyware. They come continuously
and have become a royal pain, not to mention the possible danger.

I've tried sweeping my drive with different products but nothing turns
up. Can someone please direct me toward possible locations or file
name of the crud on my drive causing this so that I might be able to
delete it? Many thanks for all help and suggestions.

Are the messages coming from Spysweeper (not one of my recommended programs,
BTW)? If yes, I'd check on their user forums.

You didn't mention how and with what other products you scanned, but here
are my general malware removal steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If you didn't do that sort of prep work and similar scanning, I'd try that.
You also might want to run CCleaner - but don't use the registry cleaning
portion of the program.

Malke