Hi Jacey2 -
It's quite possible the bad guys have found an exploit in a legit site, and have parked their bad stuff in some code on that page. If you're sure of where you got it, you may want to contact the webmaster of that site. This is also one of the reasons I wanted you to uninstall the older versions of Java.
These types of popup intrusions are more designed to scare people into buying bad programs, which themselves often place many items into the registry so that they can brag about what they've found, and make the sale.
It's called foistware, or scareware.
Depending on your email program, or your ISP, there should be filters you can use to cut down on the amount of unwanted mail making it to your inbox. As I don't use one, I'd not really be able to advise you in that regard.
The folks in the Windows XP or
MS Office forums would be better able to help you out with that. It's not an area I specialize in. I generally use Hotmail, and set it to exclusive, so only people I've let in, get in.
Hope that helps.
If you're not experiencing any popups, I think we can consider the malware issue resolved.
Let me know.....