Problem with Spyware/Google
 

Since this morning, everytime I try to open Google I get "www.needupdate.com" coming up with an advert for "Spyaxe". Also various "urgent system messages" for viruses. I'm also getting the odd popup for porn/casino etc. I've got and run Mcaffee and it hasn't detected anything. Any clues?

Download ad aware from here

Ad Aware

This is quite good at removing spyware etc. Also have a look at Microsoft Anti spyware (although it is a beta (pre-release test) version at the moment. Defence in depth etc...

Oh dear just come across the same nastie on a friends computer and found this http://elamb.blogharbor.com/hacked/removesmithfraud.htm

it looks long and complex best tried when sober me thinks.

good luck

Rickity

ps spy bot picks it up but does not get rid of it

Edited to say 6 hours of following the above instructions later, reinstalled xp from scratch, that got rid of the blighter