Win 2000 Internet Explorer problem 1

[praise2him]

When I click on Explorer I get a message that says:
Error
"This module was compiled with a trial version of Delphi.
The trial period has expired."
When I click OK I get the Microsoft Internet Explorer window that wants me to tell Microsoft about the problem.
Also when I click on My Computer, My Documents, Network Places,pretty much anything on my desktop I get the same error, "This module was compiled with a trial version of Delphi.
The trial period has expired."
Except now when I click OK on this error I get:
Program error,
"Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program.

An error log is being created"
When I click OK my desktop goes to a white background that says at the top Active Desktop Recovery
and a button that says restore my active desktop.
Most of the time I cannot get online through Explorer or Netscape. When I try netscape it has something to the effect of cannot find netscape.home. Tonight I got through Netscape though.
This all started very unexpectedly as I have had relatively few problems with this computer. I have no idea what "trial version" it is speaking of, or what "Delphi" is. Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Paul

 

[bcastner]

It is a kind of malware. To fix:

. Run AdAware, the newest version with the newest definition files. This will remove it.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

. Or, by hand:

http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31856,00.html

 

[praise2him]

Thank you much,
Hadn't heard of that one yet. I appreciate the help.
Paul

 

[bcastner]

It has only been a problem since 11/26/2003, so I am not surprised you have not seen the issue yet.

 

[probinson1974]

Hey
Sounds like you have spyware in the system, I would have to agree with the other opinions I've seen here, I personally think that Spybot is a better utility than cause of the Interface and among other things,AdAware so here is the a link to their site

http://www.safer-networking.org/

 

[bcastner]

Currently SpyBot does not catch this particular mnalware.