Question : I cannot find my C: drive and my Clock on the TaskBar has "VIRUS ALERT"

Hello, I just got internet service 2 days ago and I belive my computer has been affected by a virus. I have downloaded McAfee Virus Scan and the icons that were linked to the virus on my desktop have been removed. However, I cannot locate by local C: drive and next to my clock on my taskbar there is this message "VIRUS ALERT!"
Can anyone help me please? I am running Windows XP.
Thanks

Answer : I cannot find my C: drive and my Clock on the TaskBar has "VIRUS ALERT"

Some things to try:

Try running smitfraudfix.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/smitfraudfix.php
then get hijackthis and run that post a log here...
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis

Also forget mcafee right now....

try Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Super Antispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
Sdfix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic131299.html
Combofix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

Use combofix as a last resort, as it can cause issues or problems.


Let us know how it goes!
And post your hijack this log if you can!