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Google AdSense Trojan prowls cyberspace

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Dirty tricks done dirt cheap

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Hackers have developed a Trojan horse program that produces fake Google ads posing as the real thing. The as-yet unnamed Trojan replaces legitimate ads served via Google AdSense with promos for penis pills, porn sites and the like. The ads are, of course, not contextualised and infection would be relatively easy to detect.

Techshout has more on the latest Windows malware threat here. ®

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