Help! I believe I have spyware that has infected my computer.?

I have yahoo.com set as my homepage. When I open up my browser, it goes to yahoo.com, however, it isn’t the normal icon. (red “Y”). It is a green icon with the letter “Z” in the URL bar. I believe its a type of spyware, but nothing I have will detect it. Anyone else run into this issue? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

How to remove Fake Software, Pop-Ups, Spyware, Trojans and Viruses:

Download, install, update and scan your computer with both Malwarebytes and SuperantiSpyware, delete what ever they find, if this fails to completely remove the virus/spyware download then update Avast and run a boot scan (click schedule boot-time scan and restart your PC), all the software below is free and safe to use.

Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

SuperantiSpyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Avast Anti-Virus: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

To protect your PC in the future you’ll need to install anti-virus software and a firewall, id recommend using Avast and Comodo Pro firewall both are very effective and completely free, you should also switch to Firefox 3 if you are browsing with IE as its much safer and a lot easier to use. (links on my profile)

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