[rubicon]

I have Hitman Pro for protection on my computer and the only time I get Hitman Pro alerts that a virus is attacking is when I am on TOTV?

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by rubicon

I have Hitman Pro for protection on my computer and the only time I get Hitman Pro alerts that a virus is attacking is when I am on TOTV?

I have Avast and just recently I got two notifications from them that they had stopped a virus from TOTV. I alerted the Moderator and they told me they would look into it. A week or so later I received an email from TOTV telling me that I was getting a false positive. Hopefully you are getting the same - a false positive.

[villagetinker]

I use Norton360, and in the past I did get several warnings about spyware, I have not seen any recently.

[Carl in Tampa]

It is likely that you are being pinged by spyware which simply reads what advertising web sites you go to and then inserts similar product advertising here. I often see my information line (lower left of screen) indicating that doubleclick (a spyware program) is loading.

Spyware is not a virus, but many people resent it and try to guard against it.

Here is a test: go to a site like Home Depot and search for something like a hand drill. Then watch to see if you get pop ups for hand drills as advertising on this site. If it happens it probably denotes spyware is looking at you.

[villagetinker]

You can also delete cookies and browser history to eliminate some of these alarms, however, it might cramp your style when you are browsing.