really odd and spooky problem when using norton 2006

hi,

basically today, i had opened an executable (that was unknown - stupid me) and my norton antivirus 2006 and AVG fired up some pop-ups saying a virus is detected; i immediately take out the internet plug on that computer.

my norton said that i hav a w32.spybot.worm and that "wupdates.exe" is infected, and it cannot fix the problem; i ignored the warnings as i researched the problem; a wee bit later, norton pops up and says it resolved the problem; i do a scan to make sure everythings fine - no viruses found. a little bit later, i get the pop up again sayin virus is detected (the same virus and file as stated above); few minutes, it gets resolved again; AGAIN, the popup comes up sayin virus is detected. at this point i was in the process of shutting down my computer, so i never had the chance to see if it "was resolved". After booting up, i did a full system scan - no viruses.... i go to where the infected files are supposed to be located, and the files dont exist....

i dont kno whats going on, do u guys hav any idea??
do u think the virus is hiding or anything? why would norton resolve the virus, and then it appear again? the computer was disconnected from the net ever since i received the first virus alert.

thanks a lot for your input

 

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