SEARCHING FOR GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER IN YAHOO SEARCH ENGINE CAN CRASH YOUR COMPUTER. Researchers from ThreatTrack Security Labs have found that searching for Google Chrome Browser in Yahooo Search Engine displays rogue ads. Clicking the rogue ad leads users to a website that serves fake google chrome and urges users to install their own download manager WeDownload Manager. This is not new that rogue websites serving a free software to download. They are usually modified to install adware. However, in this case, the fake browser served in this website is notorious Sirefef/ZeroAccess malware. Once the fake browser is executed, it delete itself and install Adobe Flash Player while it infect the victims system in the background. The malware disables the windows security and prevent the OS from updating automatically.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:37:49 +0000
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