Google:Two Million PCs Infected by Search Hijacking Malware

There has been an alarming increase in scareware over the last couple of years. Google, which in 2010 ascertained 15% of all malware to be of the scareware variety, has begun notifying search users about a new strain of malware, which is thought to have been delivered to around a couple million PCs hidden inside fake antivirus software. According to the company, the said malware “causes infected computers to send traffic to Google through a small number of intermediary servers called ‘proxies’”. Hit the jump for more.
The web giant started warning search users affected by this as-yet-unnamed malware on Tuesday, and has already used this notification mechanism to “successfully warn hundreds o... »read more

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