[tcwh1971]

Hi there,
I've just joined so I hope I'm in the right section! I hope someone canhelp me out here so here goes. An application has somehow become embedded within my taskbar and won't go away! It's an icon in the shape of a small shield which flashes from a white 'X' on a red shield to a white question mark on a blue shield. The following message appears every few minutes which reads as follows... "System has detected a number of active spyware applications that may impact the performance of your computer. Click hethe icon to get rid of the unwanted spyware by downloading an up-to-date antispyware solution." When I click on it it simply takes me to the site of 'VirusProtect Pro' and wants me to purchase the software. I'd like to know if this is worth doing or should I stay away from it? In any case, I want it removed from my task bar and PC totally and my question is... How can this be done? I already use 'Sybot, AVG and Ad-Aware SE Pro'. It obviously isn't picking up all the junk that's in my PC. But is there an Anti-virus software that actually can do this?

Hope some one can help!

Thanks in advance.

[XenoSapien]

DON'T purchase the software! I could be wrong, but doing so could compound the problem. Do you have protection for your computer besides what you've downloaded online?

XenoSapien

[tcwh1971]

Hi XenoSapien,
Thanks for your reply, but I managed to remove it from my computer. Following a link someone else gave me on another forum, I downloaded an app that allowed me to remove it fairly easily. Thanks for your reply anyway.