“Warning! Spyware detected on your computer!” message

Anonymous
2011-05-12T00:44:22+00:00

Original Title: Help me to fix “Warning! Spyware detected on your computer!”Alert

"Warning! Spyware detected on your laptop or computer!", which is really a message i got.

and i don't know what to do that alert.

would i want to do a program restore to solve it basically?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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Anonymous
2011-05-12T16:42:11+00:00

Hi,

· Do you have any security software installed on the computer?

· When do you receive this error message?

Run online virus scan and check if any malware or virus activity found on the computer. You may run online virus scan from the below link: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

NOTE: Make sure you select the correct version of the operating system before downloading the scanner)

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-04T17:33:17+00:00

    Same question re spyware on EDGE. have shut down twice to no avail.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T12:16:08+00:00

    Hi got this message windows warning alert malicious spyware/riskware dtected

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-16T20:03:08+00:00

    ไมโครซอฟท์

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-16T19:29:54+00:00

    Try using Task Manger to close the warning (Ctrl-Shift-Esc)

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