Help with my computer please!

[Lady's Human]

First,

Download Spybot S+D, and AdAware personal edition. Follow the instructions that comes with the s/w, run them, and that will eliminate the popups (Or should, anyway).

Second, the messages from the installation are easy to follow.

In your IE window, click on the "Tools" menu, then go all the way to the bottom to internet options.

click on the "security" tab and click custom. In that window you should find all the security settings it is asking you to change. After you do that, close the security window and click apply. After that you should be all set.

[dukedogsmom]

Good luck! The last virus I had made my computer run so slow that I couldn't even do anything on it. I hope you can get it taken care of. I know how frustrating it can be.

[Argranade]

Are these things free?

Lady's Human can you please give me the links?

Right now I just installed - System Doctor into my computer, should I unstall it then use the protectors you suggested?

Thanks everyone!

[Catty1]

Lady's Human and my post mentioned Ad-Aware personal. It is free. They have a new website: www.lavasoft.com

Or Google it.

I got a System Doctor popup the other day, and followed through til it wanted money. I don't trust it.

I'd uninstall that and use Spybot or AVG Free edition.

You should be able to find any of these thru a Google search.

[Lady's Human]

Any security software that you find by following popups should be automatically suspect.

spybot and ad aware are both excellent, and both free.

Remove system Doctor, then run spybot. Chances are system doctor has left snail trails in your computer which will lead to more spyware, malware, and other nasties.

[ChrisH]

I have both Spybot & AdAware and run them regularly, excellent products. My anti-virus is the Avast Home edition - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html - again an excellent product.
And the good thing about all three is they are free!

I would also recommend installing a firewall.