Trojan poses as Google Toolbar
Botnet ruse
Posted in Security, 20th July 2006 14:37 GMT
Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement
In brief Virus writers have developed a Trojan downloader attack that poses as an offer for the latest edition of Google's Toolbar, the popular search tool. Spam messages that began circulating on Wednesday attempt to trick users into visiting a maliciously constructed website, disguised to resemble the genuine Google Toolbar site, reports UK-based net security firm SurfControl.
Users who accept a offer to download "Google Toolbar" software from the bogus site will find themselves installing a Trojan which turns their machines into zombie clients, controlled by hackers. ®
Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement
Send corrections
IT infrastructure monitoring strategies
The new Office Garage series:
Data control in the cloud
Top 10 SIEM implementer’s checklist
