Virus Alert - You have the Coolsearch.com Trojan

You have been redirected to this web page because your browser tried to point to coolsearch.com or coolwebsearch.com. This would indicate that your machine has at some point become infected with the CWS (CoolWebSearch) trojan.

In order to remove this trojan from your machine, please download and install the following patch:

» CWShredder.exe

For more information about this particularly malicious trojan, visit this link.

Additionally, please run a full "Microsoft Update" to ensure your machine is fully protected from this trojan. It will be necessary to reboot all machines that are patched and updated, otherwise the fixes will not take effect.

» http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

It's easy to stop intruders from compromising your machine:

   » Keep your anti-virus software's virus definitions
      up-to-date.
   » Maintain a firewall that has all unused ports closed.

If you are running a network, using Network Address Translation (NAT) will greatly help the security of your Local Area Network. If you are using a DSL router, the vendor provides instructions on how to set up NAT using their product. An Internet search (such as google.com) or the website of your vendor will provide more detailed information on security related issues.

Additional help for maintaining a secure network:

   » http://www.doshelp.com/

   » http://www.cert.org/nav/index_green.html

   » http://abuse.net/

   » http://spamlinks.net/prevent-fix.htm