Re: Virus problem?

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don cole wrote:
> I have a new to me computer and I installed Win98 in it w/IE.
> 
> I keep getting a couple of message boxes.
> 
> One warning about viruses and one warning about spyware.
> Both instruct me to download software at their website for money.
> I am sure they both are scams.
> How can I stop these message boxes from popping up?
> 
> Does anybody have any experiance with this?
> Any help appreciated.

Remove as much of MSIE as you can.
Install Mozilla Firefox and use it instead.

Also consider software like Ad-aware and Spybot search & destroy, which is for
free.

Me personally gave up on Windows naerly completely ;)

	Martin

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