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Question

when trying to open Google.com as home page this msg appears. there were a few dialer trojan (something /wmid=bgates)and one 'cool.exe' file could it harm?

Answer 1

You have viruses and spyware and you haven't removed them!?! Are you nuts?! They could take over your computer, fry your hard drive, lock you out or be used remotely to do nasty stuff...

Dowload a few anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, oh and a firewall.
(http://free.grisoft.com/ , http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ , http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html , http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp )

It's almost guaranteed you got these nasties through either just using Internet Explorer, or downloading stuff you shouldn't.

Internet Explorer is big, slow, insecure (you're almost guaranteed to have some viruses and spyware right now), very out of date, and not customizable.

Drop Internet Explorer from use and get Firefox - sleek, fast, safe, easy to use, up to date, extremely customizable... and it has a cool icon.
( http://getfirefox.com/ )

Firefox has pop-up blocking built in, and with just one add-on you'll rarely see another banner ad!
( http://adblockplus.org/ )

Install the programs and scan your computer. You might want to stay offline for this - you're not protected until AFTER you do it.

After that - password protect your computer account. If you use a wireless connection see if you can get it secured (passwords and encryption)

Make sure to update your virus and spyware scanners once a week, and check for updates to your firewall... and operating system.

Questions? Comments? E-mail me at amandakerik at yahoo dot com.

Answer 2

yeah, remove them with anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. most of these virus /spyware scripts are more of an annoyance but a few of them can delete files or hijack your pc.