Trojan Horses

I am infuriated! My laptop has been infected with a virus, introduced by a trojan horse. Who do the creators of these things thing they are? Now every thirty seconds I get a pop-up telling me I have a "Security Problem" and then several other pop-ups follow. And my system is slower than a snail - it literally takes five minutes to check my mail. Again I say, who do these people think they are? I mean what's the point beyond slowing me down and jacking up my system? I have basic security on my laptop, but also only use it for basic stuff. It just pisses me off because now I have to scan and troubleshoot to figure out how to get rid of the virus.