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I have a Google redirect virus which redirects every hit I click on in ... » Sep 21, 2010 ...Basically the Google redirect virus is caused by a trojan with rootkit capability, and so whenever I click on a link on Google, it redirects me to a completely unrelated site. I think I ....I've tried Nod32, Avast, Pareto Logic PC health advisor, Spyware Doctor, XoftSpySE, Malwarebytes, plus several registry fixers. Support.mozilla.org

50 Google Engineers Volunteered to Patch Thousands of Java ... » Mar 2, 2017 ...A year ago, several Google engineers got together and lay the foundation of Operation Rosehub, a project during which Google employees used some of ..."It wasn't until five months later that a Google employee noticed several prominent open source libraries had not yet heard the bad news," she added. Bleepingcomputer.com

How hackers broke into John Podesta, DNC Gmail accounts ... » Oct 25, 2016 ...Fancy Bear's tactic was to redirect victims to a URL made to look like a legitimate Gmail login page but which was actually a grab for victims' account ...Peter Mackenzie of Sophos recently shared an extremely detailed list of tips after his solicitor's email account was breached via this kind of attack, and it's... Nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Thousands of Fake Google Maps Listings Redirect Users to ... » Apr 10, 2017 ...Tens of thousands of fake listings are added to Google Maps each month, redirecting users to fraudulent websites selling phony or overpriced services, or part of some referral scam. Bleepingcomputer.com

Auto-Clicking Android Adware Found in 340 Apps on the Google ... » Aug 17, 2017 ...The developer(s) of an Android adware family named GhostClicker has managed to sneak his malware on the official Google Play Store on several ...GhostClicker also participates in traffic redirection affiliate schemes by showing popups and ads over other apps, trying to redirect users to various pages,... Bleepingcomputer.com

Google Chrome under attack: Have you used one of these hijacked ... » Aug 16, 2017 ...Recent versions of several Chrome extensions have been compromised to spread malicious ads. ..."In many cases, victims were presented with fake JavaScript alerts prompting them to repair their PC, then redirecting them to affiliate programs from which the threat actors could profit," notes Kafeine. Zdnet.com

TechSupportScams And The Blue Screen of Death - Malwarebytes ... » Jul 20, 2015 ...The fake malware BSOD. Tech support scammers had another trick up their sleeve and in a case first reported in the BleepingComputer forums, essentially built a piece of malware to create an almost genuine BSOD. As you can see in below, there is no browser window and the BSOD is displayed in full... Blog.malwarebytes.com

Google's Top Search Result For 'Target' Was A Tech Support Scam ... » Jun 4, 2017 ...An anonymous reader quotes BleepingComputer: Malicious ads displayed in Google search results for Target -- the US retailer -- redirected users to a tech ... Noticed today on the news.google.com site that two "stories" under the "Health" section were gibberish (kind of like covfefe) and when I clicked on... Tech.slashdot.org

The Locky Ransomware Encrypts Local Files and Unmapped ... » Feb 16, 2016 ...A new ransomware has been discovered called Locky that encrypts your data using AES encryption and then demands .5 bitcoins to decrypt your files. Though the ransomware sounds like one named by my kids, there is nothing childish about it. It targets a large amount of file extensions and even more... Bleepingcomputer.com

How do I remove a Google Redirect Virus?? My TrendMicro and ... » Apr 12, 2012 ...The virus seems to be attacking when I click on any search results and sends me to a whole other page. Plus this virus has been giving me pop ups of other websites connected to google. For example a newspaper website talking about google. 2009-11-29. Productforums.google.com