First off, apologies as I'm sure this scenario is posted somewhere here but I can't find my exact problem.
I keep getting the annoying pop-up "Your computer is infected! Windows has detected spyware infection!" (you know the one where "prevent" is misspelled "pervent").
I've run several spyware scans using "CyberDefender", "Adware Alert" and a few other spyware/malware programs. I'm not seeing any spyware/malware alerts.
However, if I do a search in Google or Yahoo, whenever I click a link using IE v7 or Mozilla I get a pop-up redirecting me to some other site where they're selling something. I have to copy and paste the link in order to get where I want to go.
I'm trying to install HijackThis and Spybot but I'm having trouble doing this. I double click the .exe and nothing happens.
I'm ready to wipe out my PC and rebuild from scratch but I'm afraid this won't work either.
Any ideas ? I need some serious help here.
** By the way I'm running Windows XP sp2
Thanks!