[passionfruit]

Help!

[AQGeiger]

I suggest Spybot or Spykiller.

[Ethrane]

Get adaware and spybot...

They usually do the trick.

Google each.

[sinkspur]

Go to www.adaware.com. Download the free adaware tool. It'll clean all the gunk out of your machine.

[ConservativeMind]

Go to Microsoft.com and click on the link in the home page for the Anti-Spyware program.

It is an excellent resource.

[Army Air Corps]

Go to wwww.majorgeeks.com and download Spybot Search and Destroy (it is free and powerful). Update it on a regular basis. Since I downloaded it, I have not had any spyware problems.

[joyce11111]

I have gotten rid of ALL adware using ALL-In )ne-Secretmaker that I dl at download.com.
And it is free.

[jb6]

Go download Adaware or spybot (I think that's the name of the second one) it's free and it'll id and quarenteen all those malware, spyware, etc programs for you. I don't know what ports you've got open but you can use a program called bullguard, it's internet based firewall/anti-virus (both protects and disinfects) and sandbox tool. Costs $5/month and gives you a 100mg backup emergency storage off your computer. Want more, got to pay more. It updates constantly too.

[willyb_jr]

Go here, read the instructions, then follow them. You won't be sorry, and will learn a lot. Good Luck. :-)

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8428

[joyce11111]

I have gotten rid of ALL adware using ALL-In )ne-Secretmaker that I dl at download.com.
And it is free

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ooops
all-in-one-secretmaker...I was typing too fast.
It works better that ad-aware and spybot for me.

[Stellar Dendrite]

Adaware, SpySweeper (by Webroot), Spybot, are all good.
I'd also recommend "Registry Optimizer". You can get all of these at www.download.com

Good luck!!

[Prost1]

Spybot and Ad-Aware are both free and easy to download and use.

It doesn't matter if you have Norton or McAfee. You must still use the above daily!

Until Congress passes laws making hackers and malicious attackers punishable with severe penalties, there is not much recourse.

My recommendation is to give them (malwarers) the Teri Schiavo treatment!

[ol' hoghead]

I use spybot and spyspotter but I have MicroSoft XP for PCs. They keep my Dell clean.

You may be able to find aps for Macs.

ol' hoghead

[Peace Is Coming]

bttt

[Seniram US]

Chack Your Free Republic E-mail

[yeetch!]

Most of the advice to get rid of spyware is OK. However, I think that you also have malicous files which Norton has isolated.

Try this:
1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click Reports.

2 Click View Reports next to the Quarantined items option.

3 In the left panel of the Quarantine, click Quarantined Items.

4 Select a file in the list of Quarantined items and click Delete Item.

You are prompted to confirm that you want to permanently remove the item from you computer.

5 Click Yes to delete the file.

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[Alberta's Child]

I've been using Ad-Aware for about a year now. Between that and my ZoneAlarm firewall software, I've been in pretty good shape as far as pop-ups and spyware are concerned.

[ClintonBeGone]

Don't listen to the Adware or Spybot suggestions. The best product out there by far is Microsoft's Antispyware. This stuff ROCKS.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

[ccmay]

Any suggestions that don't include bodily injury to my son, or buying another Mac would be appreciated!

Quit.

There's no job so good that it would make me use Bill Gates's feeble crapware instead of my Mac.

-ccm

[joan]

“Any suggestions that don't include bodily injury to my son, or buying another Mac would be appreciated!”

You could always reformat your computer and start from scratch.

Go here and see if any parasites are detected: Parasite detector

[KoRn]

Seems to me you have a virus, and not malware. I would go ahead and run adware removal tools just in case. Are your Norton Antivirus virus Definitions up to date?

If I were you I would just back up any valuable data if possible, reformat your hard drive, and reinstall Windows. Even if you resolve this issue I would do that anyway. When things like this happen and even when you correct the main problem other issues tend to occur afterward, and just reformatting and going forward with a fresh install will take care of everything.