Google AdSense Trojan prowls cyberspace

Written on December 30, 2005 – 10:07 am | by GoogleBot |

Dirty tricks done dirt cheap

Hackers have developed a Trojan horse program that produces fake Google ads posing as the real thing. The as-yet unnamed Trojan replaces legitimate ads served via Google AdSense with promos for penis pills, porn sites and the like. The ads are, of course, not contextualised and infection would be relatively easy to detect.

Read more: The Register

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