Re: What virus is this? How to remove?


Disable the Messenger service, its not a necessary service.


<mothed-out@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1147976691.651202.225990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi folks, can you help me ?

I have a virus-type problem which causes a pop-up box appears from time
to time.
This does not only happen when I'm online, or using a browser, it can
happen at any time on any screen while the computer is on, so I've
obviously taken something onboard.

The pop-up box claims to be a message conveyed by 'windows messenger'
(though it isn't since I uninstalled messenger),

It states that it is a -

'Message from SYTEM ALERT to (etc)

Microsoft Windows has encounted (sic) an Internal Error

Your windows registry is corrupted.
Microsoft recommends a complete system scan

Microsoft recommends

http://RepairWindows.net

To repair now with a free download'

Obviously I realize this message is a load of crap to try and get me
even more infected, it's totally unconvincing and they can't even
spell 'encountered'.

Question is, does anyone know how I can clean this annoying pop-up
syndrome out of my system?

Thanks if you can help

Mothed




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