Pop ups and desktop icons

I keep getting adverts popping up when I'm online, and sometimes new icons (usually of a pornographic nature) keep appearing on my desktop.

I've tried all your suggested solutions. I have Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Norton AntiVirus 2004. I've updated these and run the antivirus software in safe mode. I already had Ad-Aware and Spybot before reading your suggestions. I updated these and ran them in safemode. I also downloaded and used all the other software you suggested such as CWShredder, McAFee Avert Stinger, etc., etc. And, as advised I did these with Suystem Restore switched off. Everything I run reports that my system is clean. But it obviously can't be.

Btw I'm running Windows XP.

Any suggestions as to how I can troubleshoot this problem.

Thanks

Mark

 

Do you constantly have Messenger running in the background? That's a likely source. You may want to consider running HijackThis and posting your log in the appropriate spot in the spyware forum.

 

I have, I think, turned messenger off although its icon appears in the tray in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop whenever I open my email application (Outlook Express).

I will run HijackThis and post it on the forum.

 

Pop-ups

Hi

Getting annoying pop-ups and occasionally new icons appear on my desktop. Updated my anti-virus software (Norton AntiVirus 2004), SpyBot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware. I've run these in safe mode and they do not find any problems. I have the Google Toolbar which is supposed to prevent pop-ups and Norton Personal Firewall 2004 which is also supposed to prevent pop-ups. I also downloaded all the other software recommended on this forum such, ran them in safe mode and still can't identify the problem. I've just run a scan on HijackThis and my log is given below:

Edit by chaslang: Inline log changed to an attachment.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Mark

 

I started a new thread because the reply to my original thread said to put my HijackThis log into the spyware thread.