Re: How can I get rid of an annoying popup?



/JohnMal723/ said:

I keep getting a popup on my desktop-says my computer is infected, etc. Also,
I keep getting another popup from "Spyware Quake" it seems to come out of
nowhere, anytime I'm on the internet...how can I get rid of this???

Start here...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830/en-us

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