"Contrary to the normal Google ads, which have some correlation to the content on the Web page, these malicious ads had no content that was remotely similar to the pages to which they had been attached," Techshout quotes Bangera as saying. "Most of the ads were about gambling or adult content, which are banned categories in Google AdSense, clearly indicating a suspicious origin." According to Techshout, when users click on the fake AdSense ads, they boot the user to three successive sites. The user is eventually dumped onto a page with a slew of ads and links to more ads.
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That is very interesting and informative. Well I normally don't click google ads or any ads unless I am on a trusted site anyway. I guess I don't have to worry about that cause I don't gamble and stuff anyway. The person that created the Trojan really must not have a life.
odds are if he were smart he try to deviat funds from google adds to his account but of course that would be some slick work to not get caught with that.
but targeting add with viruses is not all that new though, guess google has to beef up their security with them now.
Very interesting.. Thanks for the heads up; I didn't hear about this anywhere else before. Thanks once again and I hope to read more quality posts like this one in the future!
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Well, this is a very serious case for common people. One like us who know a thing about adsense will never click those kind of ads but common man doesn't know how ads are served by google adsense.
the trojan only affect sites with adsense right? Ehh. .but why do i care. I'm currently using clicksor right now. I noticed that sometime their popups contains trojan and spyware. Of course i'm too lazy to report them.
I just don't get how the creator of the trojan is going to gain anything forum it. He can't insert his own account ads code into it because it would be too obvious. So really, i don't see any point of creating a trojan that does that..
Anyways. thanks for the info =P. Ehh.. so.. you lose poin for it ehh. .lol .j/k =P
Hi Guys, Lately I have had this same annoying pop-up dialog box pop up that says: QUOTE NOTICE:
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malicious programs. Download AdwareRemover2007 for FREE now! I have scanned it with Avira
AntiVirus and ad-aware2007. They both returned infected files, which i deleted, but i still have the
pop-ups. Any ideas?....
Well it seems Trojans and root kits are making a deadly combination this especially with a technique
thats pretty darn old. QUOTE The malware, called Trojan.Mebroot by Symantec, installs itself on
the first part of the computer's hard drive to be read on startup, then makes changes to the
Windows kernel, making it hard for security software to detect it. Well at least I understand
how or where root kits become effective a bit more, but really you think if everyone is aware of it
they would have found a way to patch that hole. I guess not since 5000 computer....
I just recently redid me computer and installed a new OS and i went to install AIM ( I HATE AIM BUT
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USE IT ) I installed it as normal and my anti-virus went off showing {
win32.tibz.ez } trojan theres no way i could have got a virus that fast. I installed my OS and
updated and then installed and update my zonealarm suite. Then i when to install AIM and my
anti-virus went off and the AIM installer got a error "installation of a component has failed (error
code: IS-2008 ). But the funny thing is after I get the error I can still use AIM and it ....
Seems, there is a variant of backdoor.Sdbot family of worms and IRC backdoor Trojans that is
disguised as Microsoft Security Adviser. This is quite nasty because it infects system files and is
very difficult to remove. Trend Micro has a nice online tool called House Call but this trojan
survived that so you have to look elsewhere to remove it. No telling what the triggers are but I
simply removed the files and the registry keys pointing to them and now I can't even get into my
BIOS. Search for msscan.exe if you have it then find RegRun on the net and they claim it r....
i was having fun with google and i found this QUOTE
svn.mysql.com/.../mysql-administrator/library/tests/test_restore_backup/r/mysql_41_simple.warrnings.
log Is this open for all visitors or is it security hole?....
This post is the continuation of my previous post DNS Hijack SearchAtHand.com Browser Result
Removal but deserves its own topic. This trojan, not new but something that's been going
around the web for few years, seems to be quite strong and hard to get rid of. The reason is that it
randomly changes its full file name when a weak anti-spyware attempts to remove it improperly. I
have been using Spybot Search & Destroy and Norton Anti-Virus Corporate Edition for many years and
have never seen such a resilient torjan. Recently I have tried AVG Anti-Spyware but it too....
My eyes have been completely opened to all this spyware/Trojan junk... /ph34r.gif"
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hardware firewall in my Router----running Windows firewall----using the very latest Nortons AV....
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border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> But this spyware/trojan thing..... /tongue.gif"
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hi this is the 1st time i am here, so sorry if i posted in the wrong section i received a url thru
msn messenger, i clicked on it and i got trojan horse on my pc i cant remove it with AVG virus scan
this is the report: http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k199/jinwun/viruss.jpg can anyone help me?
thanks in advance. Welcome to the Trap. I will move it for you. ....
I have AVG anti-virus on my PC, and a few weeks back it found a trojan virus on my pc. It put it
into the virus vault but could not heal it. How do I completly remove a trojan virus? Or even can
I? Do I have to download specific software to remove it, or is there some more complexe way of
going in to the system?....
QUOTE IT security experts warned today of a "widespread phishing email campaign" that tries to
swindle unwary recipients by pretending to offer a cash prize from Gmail, Google's popular free
email service. The emails claim that the recipient has been randomly selected for a $500 cash
prize, and that the money can be paid automatically if they click on the embedded web link. Part of
the email reads as follows: 'You won $500! Gmail congratulates you!
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON $500! Gmail gives members random cash prizes. Today....
It is so retarded how people will send files with trojans attached, lucky for me, my antivirus is a
king at detecting. But anyways, like 40% of averything i download has a trojan or keylogger, i mean
come on. Why do you have to steal peoples accounts and know info about people, why cant they get
there own lives? Just a warning, use caution, people attach trojans to alot of things. Get a good
antivirus if you like to go on downloading sprees like me =P. I was looking one up online and it
showed that you can look at the saved internet exploror passwords too. My Norton prot....
QUOTE Source: ZDNet Simple queries using the Google search engine can turn up a handful of
sites that have posted credit card information to the Web, CNET News.com learned on Tuesday. The
lists of financial information include hundreds of card holders' names, addresses and phone
numbers as well as their credit-card data. Much of the credit-card data that appears in the lists
found by Google may no longer be valid, but CNET called several people listed and verified that the
credit cards numbers were authentic. The query, the latest example of "Google hacking," h....
Hi everyone! I think I got the virus Trojan Horse, I have a Norton Anti-virus, and he
detected the thing!!! He says its in the system32 directory, but he couldn't delete
it. Does anybody knows how to get rid of this sh*t cause think it lowers my inet speed! and
comp. performance. Thanks alot! xxx Moved to Security Issues area. Original post did not
belong in tutorials section. ....
Albeit another topic on Google Web Accelerator has been made, this topic addresses another
different security concern. This is on the security concern on how Google Web Accelerator operates.
While your internet connection isn't going any faster, the "illusion" of faster loading pages is
caused by Google prefeching the pages and links, *before* you visit them. Therefore, all the pages
have been downloaded into your hard drive. Which brings up the following problem: Since Google Web
Accl. prefetches ALL links on a page, if the page had a link like: "cancel my accoun....
Google had a load of criticism after launching its dodgy speed booster called "Google Web
Accelerator". How it works is to saving pages onto its servers, to reduce loading times, giving you
the cached pages. The Google Web Accelerator's dedicated servers continually store and update
the most popular pages, and if a previously downloaded page has changed the servers will only send
the changes so that it can update more quickly. However, thousands of users have complained that
caching in this way can accidently reveal personal information including bank details. So, ....
QUOTE Spyware authors and phishing scammers are using a technique almost as old as the Internet
to draw unsuspecting users: Web sites purposefully designed to take advantage of typing errors.
Finnish security firm F-Secure has discovered a site just one letter different than Google.com that
when accidentally visited, drops a slew of malicious software on users' PCs. The site, and
several affiliated sites, are registered to various Russian nationals, said F-Secure, which has
alerted local authorities. Visitors who stumble on the site by mistyping google.com are....
On this topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/Help-Running-...mize-t8569.html I was told that I
have a Trojan. I downloaded a program called ScanSpyware and am scanning for Trojans. Is this a
good program for me to keep, or is there something better?....
Hey all, I hear that google got infected from a virus. Anyone that was trying to look up information
on google, it would just take you back to the homepage. One of the first things you have to notice,
to make sure you dont get infected. I got infected heavily. Appearently when it put me back on the
google homepage, it downloaded a virus onto my computer and now it's in the shop.....
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