kenpitcher, are you still "infected" with the SmitFraud trojan? The Smitfraud trojan is known to install rogue software and "bombard" (like you said) the infected victim with fake messages at the taskbar. The pop-ups closely represent a legitimate message from Windows.
Well, from how I tell a legitimate message from a real one on the Windows taskbar is what the message is saying. If the message is like, "You are infected with a virus. Your important documents and files are at risk. Please download a anti-spyware tool to remove it. Click here."
>Of course the culprit is a rogue program. Some users may panic and click on the balloon, infecting themselves even more. Malware creators create Windows messages and images just like the real one, but if you can distinguish, you'll be fine... just need to get the virus/malware removed from your system. But the distinguish part is how I see it.
A real message might be, "A network cable is unplugged". "Security Updates are available for your computer."
