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Trojan is hiding on Google alike website

Art-One [PersonRank 10]

Saturday, July 22, 2006
18 years ago2,232 views

A fake Google page was setup offering a copy of the Google toolbar including a Trojan horse that is turning your computer in a bot zombie.

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http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126506,00.asp

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Does anyone know the URL of the phishing page in question?

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Source:
http://www.surfcontrol.com/ViewHandler.aspx?id=332&newsid=838&mnuid=6.2.1

TechWhack (http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2006/07/22/scammers-using-google-toolbar-look-alike-as-a-computer-virus/) has a funny copy:

"SurfControl is now advising the web users to stay alert of these kinds of mails and *download the Google Toolbar* from the official Google website."

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

http://stuff.techwhack.com/archives/2006/07/22/scammers-using-google-toolbar-look-alike-as-a-computer-virus/

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