Hi Jimmy and welcome to the PCWorld Communities.

First, I have changed your Discussion title to give a clearer indication of your question. For future reference, please be as descriptive as possible in both the heading of your Discussion as well as the post itself.

Now, I hate to say this but the pop up you see is the actual virus. I am not sure how it started; however, I do know that it travels through email contacts. So, as a proactive step, you may want to contact everyone in your email contact list and warn them of what you have.

As for you situation, there are several individuals within this Community that specialize in issues related to viruses or spyware. Please be patient and allow them a chance to see your Discussion and provide suggestions.

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Hi Jimmy :

Sounds like you have what the Malware-fighting "community" calls a "Rogue"
program !? Best to start, and hopefully end, with running a "Full Scan" of the
FREE "MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware", best downloaded from
www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php ; just click the green "Download" button to start
the "process" . After Installation, make sure you "Update" it PRIOR to running
its "Full Scan" .

People get this because there are security "holes" on their computer and as Coastie

shared IF you are interested in us checking for possible "holes", you would need to

start by sharing the SPECIFIC Name(s) of the security programs currently on your

computer !? Should also tell us the SPECIFIC Name of your Operating System .

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That is another one I missed. All I get is an occassional letter from a grieving Nigerian Widow, some other person looking to transfer funds from one place or the other. I quit reporting the things. I've also won Numerous lotteries as well. The whole thing is laughable in my opinion, but probably not to those who bought into it. I am also not plagued by pop ups, porn or otherwise. I HAVE run into a Virus infected web site while surfing, but was alerted and did a scan to make sure I hadn't gotten infected ( I didn't). Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out on something, but that's Ok. coastie

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