"Bob" <roburt@grande.net> wrote in message
news:13rudt8dgnv3b11@corp.supernews.com...
> My wife was searching for a particular subject in her browser, and clicked
> on the one she wanted (medical web site).
> A large screen flashed up indicating she had just received a virus, which
> was a Trojan, and must buy this particular program to uninstall it from
> her computer.
> I checked, and the AVG virus protection caught it. Sure enough, it was
> listed as a Trojan. I put it in the virus vault and deleted it.
> My question..........after just installing Spybot Search & Destroy, and
> Spyware Blaster, how did this get through both programs? I thought it
> must be a sales gimmick, but wouldn't it have to be a Trojan for AVG to
> catch it? I know nothing about these programs, how they work, nor virus's.
> All software was up to date. Sorry, I failed to get a description of it.

AVG anti virus is *not* spyware/malware remover, it might pick up a bit here
and there, but you need to asap run an anti spyware product such as avg anti
spyware or superantispyware.

Gaz