Comments on: Fake Google Toolbar Spreading Viruses

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:10:17 +0000

I cant remember if i got that stupid virus from a toolbar or not, but i got it last week and i was pissed to get a virus using Google. Nobody in my house believed me either, there like “oh yea you cant even use google anymore, EVERYBODYS gettin viruses from there; ok” i have been workin on gettin rid of this virus for the past few days and actually im in the middle of doin that right now, i am using a different comp in my house and transfering everything to the other comp. also the infected comp shut down internet connection to it completley. Im not sure if that was for saftey reasons or what but its pretty annoying and I dont have tha money to take it to a shop and I’m pretty good with computers but its almost worth just dropping it off.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:24:08 +0000

my computer got the same thing…
the problem is that nothing detects it and when i try to unistal it, it says that the progam was not reponding and closed. so i dont know how to get rid of it. I deleted a folder in the %temp% called google toolbar but idk if that was enough….
PLZ HELP… and email me if u know how to fix it. jack21jak21@yahoo.com

By: Tuttle

Tuttle — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:18:40 +0000

Hey Manny,
I’m up to my butt with this fake tool bar thing which was installed exactly as you discussed in January.

I’ve run numerous scans with a new download of McAfee, but it doesn’t appear to be helping. COMCAST suggested I get a McAfee guy on the phone for $60 bucks

Any th0ughts?

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:19:54 +0000

We are getting many calls from users where I work at that when installing a java update it asks you if you would like to install google toolbar, and that is when our users become infected.

By: JASMIN MILLER

JASMIN MILLER — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:34:05 +0000

something similar happend to me on http://www.google.com,

a warnng came up that my system i infected, thn I saw a drive scan online performed and to get rid of it I was asked to download the relevant software, I have 4 different kinds of anti-virus+anti-spyware none o it detected something abnormal.result was I had for 2 days to scan+re-scan etc my PC. how does such crap happen to GOOGLE?? REALLY AM CONSIDERING USING YAHOO IN THE FUTURE ,THEY APPEAR TO KEEP THEIR SYSTEM CLEAN.

By: Ron Moody

Ron Moody — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:14:39 +0000

I’ve looked everywhere but found no source to tell me what to do if I have this fake toolbar.

How do I get rid of this thing?

By: Turin Shroud Group

Turin Shroud Group — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:05:06 +0000

In response to gary; by downloading the toolbar from Google or Firefox and by always running good virus/spyware protetion.

By: gary

gary — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:31:48 +0000

How do you know for sure you have the right tool bar?