Windows XP anti-virus keeps popping up on my screen every couple minutes???? How to get rid of it?

Question

I havent downloading anything..its my work computer and every few minutes i get this pop up saying there are threats detected and i should buy the software. I just want it to stop popping up when im tyring to work. I didnt install anything, maybe someone at my desk did by mistake...HELP! Its freaking annoying!! Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There is an antiviruses free just for today

there is a code and you can activate it

It worth trying it

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-obse...

You have to activate it right away because it won t let to activate it after the end of the day

good luck

Answer 2

Even though you think you have not downloaded anything you have.  What you need to do is get a good anti-virus software and run a full scan, also get an anti-adware program (ADWARE), and run that.

Answer 3

Type in whatever the name is and then "removal" at the end.

To prevent it next time, make sure that a good anti-virus and anti-virus software is installed, like AVG 8 Free (www.avgfree.com)

Answer 4

If you have a tech support there at your work, go to them. Else you will need to do a couple of things. First, don't download whatever it is that keeps popping up. It is more of a problem than the pop ups you are getting. Next you need to have an anti-virus program on your PC. You may already have one that your company had when they gave you the PC to use. If they didn't or its out of date (possible because a trial version was included when they purchased the PC), you will need to either update it or install a new one. I like AVG Free and it is free. Download it and install it. On its first run it will walk you through setting an update and scan schedule. It will also go out and get the latest updates and will perform a scan. This is fine and I would let it do it. after it gets done with the scan, you will need to review the results and have it fix the problems found. Now here comes the fun part. Sometimes things get loaded into memory and do not get picked up or removed while they are running, so you need to reboot the PC and start up safe mode. you do this by pressing the f8 key right after the start up BIOS or system splash before the windows loading screen. Once in safe mode, run the scan again. Good luck.

Answer 5

It is a rogue anti-spyware program, download and install SmitfraudFix

http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.p...

After you download and install restart your PC in safe mode with networking

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

Double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon then follow the screen instructions. Option #2 should be selected in this case.

When you are prompted with “Do you want to clean the registry ?”, simply answer “Y”.

While in safe mode you should download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Reboot.

Answer 6

here is a removal video of antivirus xp 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C3E49VhprC4

and a removal video of windows antivirus 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AI3wk39Oc8M

see which one you got

Answer 7

plz tell me the pop ups if its Antivirus 2008 0r 9 ur screwed however theyre many prgrams which can help it i actauly ahd the exact same problem download avg it did help and run a scan with it find the tracking cookies that Are creating pop ups ...and google search them find the tool 2 remove them and itll be good