Reported yesterday in InformationWeek, this new Worm modifies the Windows HOSTS file and redirects all traffic to Google from your pc to a Google website clone in Germany.
Searches run on the spoofed version of Google return results similar to the real Google, but in some cases, the sponsored links — top-of-the-page and right-side links to e-commerce sites that have paid for the placement — are different.
The page is an exact copy of Google and supports the 17 languages of Google. The creator of this worm has taken advantage of the importance of a company appearing among the first few links in the search results of an Internet browser. Its aims are none other than to increase visits to the pages linked by the creator of this malware or earn an income from companies that want to appear in the first few results in computer where the identity of Google has been spoofed…in both case, the motivation of the author of this malware is purely financial. – said Panda in a statement.
[tags]Google Worm, Google, HOSTS[/tags]
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