Problem with spyware in windows media player?

Question

My problem with windows media player is little confusing, when ever i play an audio or video clip with windows media player it stops playing almost immediately and it is redirected to a unknown site.. and asking to download a file that contains trojan horse. I think its because of a spyware or malware installed in my sysem. Plz help me to get rid of this problem.

Answer 1

run a virus scan, maybe AVG will find something. Download the free version of AVG and do a scan and see what it finds.

Answer 2

These are all completely Free

Install and Run ONE Antivirus Program

--AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://www.grisoft.com/

*--Avast Anti-Virus Home Edition http://www.avast.com/

--Avira Anti-Virus http://www.free-av.com/

Install and Run Anti-Spyware

*--Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/

*--Spyware Terminator http://www.spywareterminator.com/

--AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/

To Maintain Your Systems Safety a Firewall is Recommended

*--Comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

--Zonealarm http://www.zonealarm.com/

* = Favorites

Answer 3

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

Download, install, update and select Quick Scan

Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.