Malicious Websites Trick Google, Infect Computers
The delivery of malicious software through web sites is nothing new, but what is new was the rank these pages were able to achieve at search engines like Google and MSN Search. Through extensive campaigns of comment spam, posting innocuous things on popular blogs with links to their bogus sites, these sites were able to work up a virtual reputation. Google and other search engines see these links from popular blogs and are tricked into thinking that the site being linked to is also reputable, resulting in prioritized search results.
The sites of course were not reputable, and Google at least has already removed most of them, but it's a troubling trend that's all too similar to the hacking of Al Gore's blog earlier this week. So, as always, be safe out there and keep your operating system and browser up to date.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
S.L. Mccallister @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:44PM
PULL THE PLUG ON ALL RUSSIAN ISP'S SEND THEM BACK TO THE DARK AGES...
Jessica @ Dec 2nd 2007 3:01PM
these people are just sick
Mike @ Dec 2nd 2007 4:07PM
Pull the plug on the Middle East and China too
weenus @ Dec 2nd 2007 4:17PM
oonsch oonsch
stock1up @ Dec 2nd 2007 5:06PM
LOL. Whats WACHK in Russian!
Elmo @ Dec 2nd 2007 5:46PM
Russia and China are supposed to be friends of ours now. That's bunk. I didn't trust them when they were full fledged Commies and I don't trust them now. They're no more friends of ours than Mexico is now or Germany, Japan and Italy were during WWII.
blondygrl445 @ Dec 2nd 2007 5:57PM
so what its just the mafia u shouldnt gudge russia for it italy had mafia there too r u all gonna hate them now RUSSIA IS THE BEST FUCKING COUNTY THERE IS I LOVE IT SO U CAN ALL SHUT THE HELL UP! they r not bad people ur all nasty racists except the russians
cyka
Jennifer M @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:16PM
You dipwads...it is a Russian kid living in USA, Sergey Brin who created Google. Saying to cut off any culture, lock them out or what ever is just plain idiocy and ignorance. We are all decendants of immigrants.
JBJG24 @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:33PM
NOT SO JENNIFER M. WE ARE ALL DESCENDANTS OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
JBJG24 @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:36PM
JENNIFER M RU N VA.???
JBJG24 @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:38PM
JUST WONDERED !! HAVE A NICE W/E!!
JBJG24 @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:41PM
WATCH OUT FOR THE PRINCESS OF MEAT!!!!!!!
John @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:18PM
Mike says:
"Pull the plug on the Middle East and China too'
I say pull the plug in Mike. He obviously has no brains!
JD @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:24PM
Or everyone should just install firefox... Since it was Internet Exploder that they were getting in through.
joseph williams @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:47PM
chinese are downloading and stealing secets so are the russans.
Sator @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:51PM
No worse then American hackers or Chinese or German or Portugese or....
KM @ Dec 2nd 2007 8:04PM
And than I watch Americans running overthere for
sighseeing and cruises.
Russia is the most curropted country in Europe and now with Putin still in again(rigged) watch out western world, it is a new game again with this bastard at the helm.
Ed @ Dec 2nd 2007 8:32PM
No where is any worse than America for being corrupt. We just dont want to admit it.
valerie @ Dec 2nd 2007 8:34PM
blondygrl445
i agree partially with what you said.
i mean, really, how can you IDOLIZE italian mobsters and villanize others? no hypocritical double standards, people. i "know" plenty of american hackers. god, if there is one thing i really dislike it you g/d hypocrites, so busy pointing your f---g fingers you can't see what is right in front of you.
valerie @ Dec 2nd 2007 8:36PM
oops correction*villainize & is