Date: 12/01/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: virus

Okay, I am here with a virus problem. I am not sure if this is the appropriate community in which to place the wuestion, but it seems to be the best out of my options.

Last night I recieved an instant message on aim from a friend saying : "I found your picture....." followed by a link. I figured it was probably one of those jokes showing a picture of a monkey or something-so I clicked on it. It started downloading stuff, took only a couple seconds for it to do so, then it went ahead and sent itself to EVERYONE on my buddy list who was logged on. Windows started popping up and for a second I thought my computer was going to crash before it all ended.

So I logged off AIM, unplugged the comp from the internet, uninstalled any new programs that had shown up, ran AVG free virus, AdAware, SpyBots, and then logged back onto the internet. No virus popped up, but adaware and spybots deleted lots of stuff. And wouldnt you know, the first thing that happened was a bunch of im's were sent out to everyone on my buddy list containing the link to the virus?

The program had something to do with Zanga or Zango or...something like that. Now how do I get rid of it for good? Preferably without me spending anything, since I am a freshman in college and completely broke.

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