Windows Live Messenger Virus worm?

I've got a Messenger Virus worm, but I don't know if it's on the computer or just on my e-mail account on messenger. How I got it I stupidly opened a zip file to which the message was 'I swear this picture looks exatly like you, go to this website...' etc etc

then I openede a zip drive to find nothing. I've downloaded AVG %26amp; some other program from download.com. This has cleared some files, but the problem is still there. I've cleaned my hard drive files %26amp; tempoary internet files even.

The problem is that each time I log-in to messenger, everyone that is already online get's the same virus message that I received sent to them by me asking them whether to accept, deline or ignore the file.

Can anyone please tell me how to resolve this as soon as possible please?

Windows Live Messenger Virus worm?microsoft.com

http://yandao.com/2007/02/02/impfix-remo...

Windows Live Messenger Virus worm?internet browser internet explorer

PCTools products do get good reviews. The good thing is they have free versions of their products. They work great. Spyware Doctor from the Google pack is a must. I highly recommend it. I bought Webroots Spysweeper and spyware doctor finds stuff spysweeper does not. Having both is a perfect combo and I recommend running two anti-spyware products.

PCTools Anti-Virus

http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

PCTools Threatfire - Malware Protection

This free tool makes your current anti-virus better. Definite Download

http://www.threatfire.com

PCTools Firewall Plus

http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

The Google Pack includes a free starter edition of Spyware Doctor.

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Reviews

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136191...

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You can do an online scan for viruses and spyware for free from the major vendors. Some of these require Internet Explorer to run because of Active-X

Trend-Micro

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Computer Associates

http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pes...

Panda Software

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/s...

Symantec Security Check

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/?lang...

Mcafee Free Scan

http://us.mcafee.com/root/catalog.asp?ca...

Kaspersky Scanner

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

Microsoft Protection Scanner

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/cente...

F-Secure

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols...

BitDefender

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

NOD32

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php

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Its good to run two anti-spywares even if some extra resources are taken.

SuperAntiSpyware does an excellent job. AVG's full version gets great reviews.

Adaware

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaw...

Microsoft Defender

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...

AVG

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spy...

Spyware Terminator 2

http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Spybot Search and Destroy

http://www.safer-networking.org/

SuperAntispyware

http://superantispyware.com/

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Anti-Spyware for a cost.

Personally I bought Webroot's Spysweeper, their product is great and well worth the money. Watch Best Buy ads because sometimes it goes on sale for $10 to $15.

Webroot Spysweeper

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/compare/...

PCTools Spyware Doctor

http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

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There are free anti-virus scanners availble. They work well. I like AVG and PCTools anti-viruses the best of the free anti-virus programs.

If you are not willing to spend money it is good to have some kind of anti-virus software

avg

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

avast

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

Avira AntiVir

http://www.free-av.com/

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For a Cost

This is my recommendation for anti-virus. Free are good, but they are not as accurate as the top paid anti-virus software

Top-Tier

Kaspersky

http://www.kasepersky.com

Nod32

http://www.eset.com/
delete as many infected files as you can then do a windows system restore under accessories-%26gt;system tools -%26gt; system restore

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