Computer software SOS

I've gotten spyware or something. A message alert keeps flashing on my toolbar and a balloon pops up that says "system alert: trojan-spy.win32@mx"

Someone please tell me how to make it go away. I'm on a thinkpad laptop, if that helps

 

Jay, do you have Norton? It's been a godsend for me. You can purchase it online and download it right to your computer. I did and have had zero problems since.

Hope this helps and you're able to deal with this.

 

I also recommend http://www.avast.com/ free anti-virus.

 

Congratulations! You've been infected with a computer virus! Sounds like you may already have antivirus software installed; if not, I strongly recommend that you pay a visit to the home of the free version of AVG Antivirus immediately.

 

And if immediately is too far in the future, now would be a good idea.

 

In this case, I think he needs to do this somewhat sooner than that.

 

seriously, the antivirus software 2MCM linked to is very good for freeware

 

Some say BETTER than Norton.

 

Same product they sell to businesses --- I think the business plan is like that of Red Hat, where you try to make money off business support. All I know is this: It's the best AV product I've seen on Windows. (Still not as good as Disinfectant, back in the day when I used a Powerbook 145B running System 7.5.3.)

 

We switched to avast two years ago, protected our computer better than Norton.