SC Magazine was one of the first to report that looking for Tiger Woods' Nike advert could lead to users being cheated into visiting malicious sites
The article quotes eSoft's senior technical support engineer Lee Graves, who claimed that searches for the Woods' Nike advert are leading to malicious sites and rogue anti-virus downloads. He said: “A user looking to see the commercial online would likely search ‘Tiger Woods commercial' – the search is heavily poisoned.
Out of the top seven search results, six lead to fake anti-virus pages begging the user to install malicious software. The video results have also been poisoned to do the same.
Criminals use searches from hot news stories or scandals to find victims. They poison the search which means instead of finding legitimate websites the searches find the criminal's websites. These websites are infected with malware. When you visit the site it downloads this malicious software onto your...
Tiger Woods Nike ads leads to malware sites
The article quotes eSoft's senior technical support engineer Lee Graves, who claimed that searches for the Woods' Nike advert are leading to malicious sites and rogue anti-virus downloads. He said: “A user looking to see the commercial online would likely search ‘Tiger Woods commercial' – the search is heavily poisoned.
Out of the top seven search results, six lead to fake anti-virus pages begging the user to install malicious software. The video results have also been poisoned to do the same.
Criminals use searches from hot news stories or scandals to find victims. They poison the search which means instead of finding legitimate websites the searches find the criminal's websites. These websites are infected with malware. When you visit the site it downloads this malicious software onto your...
Tiger Woods Nike ads leads to malware sites