virus or scam??????

[thade69]

keep getting this warning and when i click on it or close it it links me to the adaware sheriff page ...any ideas

[Paul K]

I would run a few free spyware tools and take these pop ups with a pinch of salt as they are just trying to scare people into paying for a tool.
Adaware, spybotS&D, MS antispyware tool etc all do the job for free.
If you do have gator though, get rid of it

Gator is adaware

get rid http://www.g4tv.com/callforhelparchi...ove_Gator.html

Beat to it

[Gareth]

Yes, it's a scam. Check this page about AdwareSheriff, from Network Associates, ie McAfee - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_138377.htm - er, I mean McAfee posted the info, not that McAfee wrote AdwareSheriff

Also, maybe you might want to read the advice listed on this page... http://forums.techguy.org/security/4...iff-1-0-a.html

I use Avast it's free for a year, it's not let me down yet.

[thade69]

cheers guys will do..