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Fake Scans That Plant Malware Are Rising, Google Says
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Thu Apr 29 14:54:54 2010
Fake Scans That Plant Malware Are Rising, Google Says
Adam Dickter, newsfactor.com
Apr 28, 2010
They sneak up on you while you're working, pretend to help you, and then
betray you. By the time you realize what's going on, you're infected.
They're sneaky malware programs designed to look and operate like
antivirus scan prompts from Windows or other software, but rather than
search for bugs, they plant them. And according to a detailed study from
Google, they are on the rise and pose an increasing threat.
"Our analysis of 240 million web pages collected by Google's
malware-detection infrastructure over a 13-month period discovered over
11,000 domains involved in fake AV distribution. We show that the fake
AV threat is rising in prevalence, both absolutely and relative to other
forms of web-based malware."
For the rest of the article see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100428/tc_nf/73047
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