Daily Archives: January 27th, 2010

Fakealerts Invade Google Image Search Results for ’24′ Star

By Andrew Brandt Searchers beware: Those photos of celebrities or funny cat pictures that turn up in your Google image search results might not be photos at all, but fake antivirus alerts. Evidence appears to indicate that a similar scam to one we blogged about last November may be working its way up the Google [...]

Zbot Fakes ABA Banking Site, Seeks a Stimulus Package

By Andrew Brandt As the reign of nuisance by Trojan-Backdoor-Zbot continues, the latest scam invites victims to review a “transaction report” on a page supposedly on the Web site of the American Bankers Association, or ABA. (I wouldn’t want to call it a reign of terror; that might give the Zbot authors an inflated sense [...]

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