Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Fake Anti-Virus Software A Growing Online Threat, Google Warns
Google said Tuesday that fake software security programs rigged to infect computers are a growing online threat, with hackers tricking people into installing nefarious code on machines.
Google said Tuesday that fake software security programs rigged to infect computers are a growing online threat, with hackers tricking people into installing nefarious code on machines.
An analysis of 240 million web pages by the internet search giant during the past 13 months revealed that fake anti-virus programs accounted for 15 percent of malicious software it detected, AFP reported...
Labels: anti-virus, Google
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