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Old 8th June 2006 | 13:40
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kevmusic
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Adware virus

Hi all,
I've just discovered Limewire, d/l'ed a few songs & now I've I've got a virus! First one in yonks. It opens browser windows and sends me to all sorts of sites - emoticons, online dating, travel & all the usual harmless kind of things. I can still work in most apps. but it's a complete pain. If I leave the PC for half an hour I'm connected to about 25 sites by the time I get back. It opens both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox windows. Spybot won't shift it and neither will Adaware. It won't let me open Norton Antivirus & i'm stumped. I'm not a great techno-wizard, so before I called in the PC chappie I thought I'd give you guys a try. I'm running Win XP professional with Service Pack 2.

TIA

Kev.
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