re: Removing programs Friday, August 29, 2008 at 9:51 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) Vickie, Xp antivirus is Malware, probably picked up via Trojan if you did not download. See the link below for identification and removal. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2008-2009 BW __________________________________________________________ There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you. On Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 4:40 pm, Vickie O wrote: >Am using Windows 98 - whenever booting up and several times during day, receive a >pop-up "Install Now, XP Anti virus ver 2.4". I need to get rid of this annoyance! > It was never "purchased", have no idea how it came about and for a few months it >was gone. Back again, and at times will lock up my computer. > >Any/all help appreciated! Written in response to: Removing programs (Vickie O: Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 4:40 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Removing programs (Vickie O: Thu, Aug 28, 2008, 4:40 pm) re: Removing programs (Keith Stanier: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 4:40 am) re: Removing programs (bob wells: Fri, Aug 29, 2008, 9:51 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum