WARNING Pop up message

[Guest]

Hi all,

Although there is no visible problem yet,

I keep getting the following message everytime I start up IE 6.0.

"WARNING: You may have criticial errors on your PC. The wizard will help you
improve the performance of your PC by removing critical sytem errors which
may cause ferquent application crashes and instability or slow computer
speeds.

To continue by scanning your computer for critical errors, click next below.

Then there are two buttons which are Xext and Cancel at the bottom right
corner.

Finally at the bottom left corner (status bar) it says.

This ad is not brought to you or sponsored by the Web site(s) you are
viewing."

Any idea what that might be.

Thanks

 

[Taurarian]

Information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

The below links assist you in checking your system for parasites:-
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/parasite.htm
Please note that some malware may kill the internet connection when it is removed,
the program on the link below will enable you to regain the internet connection.
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by third-party software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827315

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx
Fight Spyware – articles by Microsoft

Spyware Programs links:-
www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
www.security.kolla.de Spybot

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm