Error messages

[aiconnell]

Hi,

I haven't used this forum in a while, and when I have, someone has always helped me out with a problem I have had.

I am getting these two messages coming up every now and again on my laptop; I don't know whether they are viruses or not.

I don't know whether it is anything to do with DVD playing software called "AVS DVD Player", which I installed recently. They only started appearing after I installed this.

Can anyone help me out by telling me what they mean, what is wrong with my computer and what I can to do solve the problem?

Thank you in advance.

 

[kof2000]

is referring to your com1 port. anything connected there?

 

[aiconnell]

is referring to your com1 port. anything connected there?

I checked and there is nothing connected to it. Also I keep on getting alerts in the normal Windows XP balloons from the taskbar, which link to the Saliar website when you click on them. Saliar seems to be an anti-virus program. Notice the spelling of "balloon" on this example:

Also, they created a Help and Support Center icon on my desktop which also linked to Saliar website.

Is this "Saliar" a virus. If not, what is it?