Google Trends Used to Promote Fake Anti-Virus Software

Wednesday Oct 8, 12:30 PM PDT Marshal TRACE team urges people to use care when clicking on free hosted blog sites as a result of an Internet term search ATLANTA, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet criminals are using Search Engine Optimization tactics to promote links to free hosted blog sites in an attempt to dupe unsuspecting visitors into infecting themselves with malware and fake anti-virus products, say experts from Marshal's TRACE threat team. Criminals are using tools such as Google Trends to identify the most popular and current Internet search terms. The same criminals then use new blogs on free hosting sites, such as Windows Live Spaces and AOL Journals, featuring the same search terms. When an Internet user then makes a search using those popular terms they get multiple links to these hosted blog sites in their search... [read full story]