viruses

[inspiron4100]

hi I have a inspiron 4100 and it has windows 2000 professional on it. I wanted to try to download a newer ie and instead got a lot of viruses. Im doing a virus scan as I type this on trendmicro then I will try another virus scan site. any help will be greatly appreciated. I will like to make my computer faster but I have a feeling that when I delete these viruses it will be faster.


thanks
Jon

[pharoah]

if possible uninstall the browser you installed.was it microsoft's ie,or was it another browser.if it was ie did you get it from the official windows update site,or elsewhere?

[Alan]

First and formost, run a complete virus scan then a spyware scan. With the spyware scanners run at the very least two.
Then visit the MS site for updated I.E. for your system.
To be honest, its very hard to understand how you could get viruses from updating I.E.

[pharoah]

Originally Posted by Alan

First and formost, run a complete virus scan then a spyware scan. With the spyware scanners run at the very least two.
Then visit the MS site for updated I.E. for your system.
To be honest, its very hard to understand how you could get viruses from updating I.E.

unless it was a hacked version of ie.i know there are some hacked versions floating around.thats why i asked if it came from the official microsoft update site.

[Cat-tranz]

Very true unfortunately Pharoah "see insert picture"



There are some very nasty versions about, anybody updating IE should only download from Microsoft Download Center,

[pharoah]

yes i agree it is unfortunate there are fake copies of many windows updates.