Smilies that make your system cry!

I bet a lot of you are used to the crazy ads that pop up everytime you visit an unknown or questionable website.They usually go like-"You are the 999,999th visitor of our website.Click here to claim your prize!".They really could fool u.

Chances are,you would already know such ads well enough now to be fooled that easily.Then again, ads get more tempting.

I bet you use some kind of instant messaging service.Be it Yahoo,Skype whatever.You usually would use the 'cute' smilies too, invariably.I guess u feel the preloaded smilies are too basic and do not cover all the emotions you want to express, right?Thats when u see the ads on the websites saying "New smilies!More funny!100% free!Click here!"

If you install these smilies, u get more than just smilies.You get rootkits too(VERY well hidden malware-like stuff).Yep.Got to think twice these days.The same principle can apply to ads for free screensavers,desktop backgrounds, etc.Rootkits need not cause too much harm,but they really slow down your system if they keep mounting.
So beware.Do NOT click on these ads and install their content.If you already have done so and are worried about it, I'll give u some help.Try this application-RootKit Revealer[RKR].It does not remove the rootkits by itself,but it tells you about the rootkits installed on your system,since it is freely available but the site itself gives you directions about how to destroy the rootkits you find.I think you will be in for a surprise after you see the results your first scan has to offer.
Here's the link-http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/rootkitrevealer.mspx
Don't worry,RKR is supposed to be absolutely safe.
NOTE:If you use some big time antivirus system, u most probably need not worry about all this!Also,rootkits are less in Windows Vista.
Okay then.Best of luck!Stay safe!