In 2006, a Web security company called SufControl detected a Trojan virus associated with a fake download of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer. A link was sent via email, sending users to a site that looked identical to the real Google download site. However, instead of the real Google Toolbar, you downloaded W32.Ranky.FW, a Trojan designed to turn your computer into a bot, controlled by an outside entity. Whether you fell victim to the fake Google Toolbar or feel that the Google-designed program itself is a virus, removing the program and associated malicious software can be completed by uninstalling the program and then using antivirus software to scan your computer. Writer Bio
