Hi, Folks,

I'm running Windows 2000 along with a current and updated Norton Anti-Virus,
updated SpyBot, updated Ad-Aware plus a hardware firewall - a Linksys Broadband Firewall Router.

Today I downloaded a DVD BackUp program and installed a copy of Nero 7.0 from a friend of mine and have wound up getting some kind of spyware / malware that takes control of the home page for Windows IE and shows this paragraph below along with two porno pics.

Here is the paragraph

Spyware Detected
eTrust Spyware Remover has detected "Porn_w32" spyware on your computer. "Porn_w32" is the latest spyware not detected by any antivirus or anti-spyware software. Your computer was infected when someone using this system was browsing adult content related websites. "Porn_w32" spyware takes your personal data (documents, emails, banking passwords) and sends your sensitive information to remote attackers. These pictures were found on your computer.

Click Here to download eTrust Spyware Remover, remove sexual content and clean up your computer from spyware.

I've tried everything including sample and trial spyware / malware programs to get rid of this.

Is there anything I can do to discover where this came from and please, please how do I get rid of it short of fromating the hard drive.

I'm not even averse to formatting the drive but will never know how to handle this if it ever arises again.

Many thanks,

Bill French