Author: Siswantini Suryandari
WOW.................... some pictures on Google Images has been infected with malware, which can mislead the user to a page that sells scareware, fake antivirus.
From the research, SANS Internet Storm Center, many images are included in Google Images has been infected with malware. To prevent this, users must download an antivirus program.
In general, the pictures that is a trend or get listed in Google Trends infiltrated by malware-prone. Users are usually directly clicking on the thumbnail or browser that may have been infected. Usually, direct users to sites that peddle directing scareware.
SANS says more than 5,000 sites have been dihacker. While the number of visits for users to fake sites, an average of half a million people every day.
Google spokesman Jay Nancarrow respond to that explains the security company hired by Krebs that Google has sought actively to detect the malware that go into Google Images.
Meanwhile, researchers have developed IT Bojan Zdrnja Firefox add-on, which displays images of infection, with the color barrier red. But this application has not been marketed to the public. (Huffingtonpost/Nda/OL-07)
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