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I am getting a virus alert from Avast saying "A Trojan Horse Was Found" whenever I try to open a webpage

I am getting the below attached alert message whenever I am trying to open a new webpage. For very few sites, for example, expert-exchange, I am not getting any alert. But for most of them (including some common websites like Yahoo and Rediff) I am getting this alert. I am using Windows XP, IE6 and Avast Free Home Edition. When my Internet connection is off I do not get any such alert. My computer is "not" running slow.

I would appreciate if anyone can inform me why this is happening and how to fix this problem. I am ready to provide further information if needed.

Thanks
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Bradley Haynes

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Bradley Haynes

So we meet again!!! ;-) rpggamergirl

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sstampf

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I have heard that its not good running two antivirus programs simultaneously on a computer. There can be some confliction. Does the same hold true for Antispywares also? Should I uninstall my Avast first before installing FixIEDef or Malwarebytes (because Avast also has some Malware detection features)? Is it safe to delete files from the "%temp%" folder? I saw some MS Office (and also some other software's) log files there. Also, I haven't used HijackThis before (but have heard a lot about it). I have heard that a novice user should avoid using HijackThis.....
Please advice.
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Shashank

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sstampf

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Solution by b_haynes was sufficient to heal my computer, but comments by rpggamergirl immensly helped me improve my knowledge on spywares. Thanks both of you.

I am getting a virus alert from Avast saying &quot;A Trojan Horse Was Found&quot; whenever I try to open a webpage

I am getting a virus alert from Avast saying "A Trojan Horse Was Found" whenever I try to open a webpage