Peaches Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 <h2></h2>Google Doodle poisoned by scareware slingersHow do you say ne'er do wells in Esperanto?By John Leyden Scareware slingers have begun hiding links to rogue anti-virus sites behind Google Doodle. The development leaves surfers who click on Google's picture of the day at risk of being exposed to sites that run fake security scans, before strong-arming users into buying worthless software in order to clean-up non-existent security risks Scammers have been manipulating the search engine ranking of terms in the news to promote scamware portals for months. In the latest twist to this wheeze, fraudsters poisoned the sites offered up to surfers who clicked on Google's front-page Doodle sketch, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of birth of the creator of the Esperanto language, L. L. Zamenhof, on Tuesday. More on this topic at The Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/16/google_doodle_scareware/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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