CyberDefender has issued an alert to surfer considering any last minute searches on the web for Halloween costume purchases. It has identified a dangerous Anti-Virus/Trojan downloader presently infecting searches for Halloween costumes. Upon visiting the malware site, the fake antivirus installer hijacks the user’s web browser and initiates a malicious process that could infect home PCs.
Cybercriminals often focus on subjects presently popular to search on Internet. Users querying the topics click on infected links which result with their internet browser hijacked and malware and adware downloaded instantly.
“Popular Search terms have always been a target for cyber criminals,” says Achal Khetarpal, Director, CyberDefender Research Labs.
How Spyware in “drive by download” works?
A person simply click on the website link in search results and instantly get pop-ups. You close the web pages however weird errors pop-ups again. You think that nothing dangerous may have come out of it, you merely “drove by” the site. You did not install anything at all. However your pc had a software program flaw that allow the website install spyware without having your authorization. You did not get any warning since it was a flaw in the programming of the web browser. You now have spyware and adware resident in your system. What you key in web forms, login pages, chat as well as just what websites you visited might all be delivered to the hacker’s website.
Internet user should always make sure their pc is protected by active and updated antivirus software before even going online.
