SPYWARE on my MAC?! pcturbopro and drivecleaner

For the last three days I have been getting pop-up messages when I surf the internet! (I have two Macs, and it is happening on both!)
One about DriveCleaner and one about PCTurboPro.
I checked it out, and they are both listed as Spyware, infecting PC computers.
My question: Do I have them on my Mac?! If so, how can I get rid of them?
All the help I could find and all the Antispyware programs are for PC only...
Thanks!

The posts here have not really answered the question. Why does the PCTurboPro trojan/malware/virus (whatever it is) seen to be infecting our Macs. Are they really doing any harm? what is we do get infected and passit on to a PC unknowingly coworker?
I have no clue to any of the above, but I wanted to document exactly what is happening to me and what I did to correct the issue (it is corrected for now).
On 8/20/07 I was using my MacBook 2GHz duo core with 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. I had OS X 10.4.10 running and was using FireFox 2.0.0.6.
I was on Google news surfing around, using the "Apple Key + click pad" combo going to launch a new tab with the news story. I have no clue what site I clicked on because I was moving too quickly.
The entire FireFox window disappeared (minimized?, but I couldn;t restore it manually) and a Mac Style dialog box appeared (see http://www.deltaspark.net/transfer/pcturbo-popup.jpg) that said:
"The page at http://pcturbo.com says:
NOTICE: Your system is not optimized and your
computer peformance is not at the highest level.
Full system optimization will greatly increase your
computer's performance and prevent data loss.
Would you like to install PCTurboPro to potimize your
computer's performance now for free? (Recommended)
("Cancel" Button) ("OK" Button)"
I clicked cancel and the once disappeared browser window (with active tabs) reappeared. I ignored the entire thing and did not quit FireFox.
Then 10 minutes later it happened again. this time I took the screenshot (http://www.deltaspark.net/transfer/pcturbo-popup.jpg) and force quit FireFox.
I then launched FireFox, cleared my cache, history, cookies, etc. and for 2 days it has not happened again.
Anyone have ideas regarding this?

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