mmm...
Posted on 05/02/2005 1:02:56 PM PDT by srm913
'Googkle.com' used to hit users with Trojan horse attacks
Security researchers have discovered an attack aimed at would-be visitors to Google.com, one that attempts to download malicious programs onto the computers of people who mistype the search giant's Web address.
According to security specialist F-Secure, unsuspecting Web surfers may be bombarded with various types of Trojan horse threats, spyware and backdoors when they go to googkle.com. The scheme is meant to take advantage of sloppy or hurried typists, given that on most keyboards the letter "k" key sits next to the "l" needed to type "Google."
Google representatives said the company has no comment on the matter for the time being.
In the past, the company appears to have made moves to protect its users against mistyping errors. Those who put an extra "o" in Google's URL are redirected to the company's home page. On the other hand, those who mistakenly add a fourth "o" to Google are directed to USseek.com, a Web portal that offers pop-up advertising for an online casino.
In an advisory, F-Secure strongly advises people not to go to Googkle.com. People who do so will see two pop-ups linked to Web sites that install the Trojan programs. One of the programs is a phishing-style Trojan that attempts to garner individuals' online banking information, while another drops phony antivirus alerts on the victim's desktop that attempt to lure people to other infected Web sites.
While relatively low tech in terms of its social engineering, the URL typo attack is an approach that has long been incorporated by many Internet opportunists, from legitimate companies trying to steal traffic from their rivals or simply piggyback on the success of larger companies, to criminals looking to misrepresent themselves and trick consumers into handing over personal data.
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Yeah, I typed in booble.com once or maybe twice.
Yeah, a buddy of mine went to "whitehouse.com" one time looking for a bio on the president . . . um, let's just say those were not pictures of the president he found.
I took the wrong exit in Ventura once.
Something similar happened to one of my customers a couple years ago. She typed in "cabellas.com" instead of "cabelas.com" and got nailed.
I blame the cold medication...
mmm...
A couple of years ago, Clark Howard said on his radio show that "clarkhowerd.com" would take people to a porn site and I believe hannityandcolmes.com is a whole different creature than a website for the show.
I put nutmeg instead of cinnamon in my coffee once. YUCK
Yeah Right...
That has happened to me before as well. :-p
So how does Mona Lisa look when she's only wearing that famous smile? :-)
I once was trying to get a weather report from our local NBC affiliate, so I tried www.wrc.com (the call letters) and it went to a porno site. I was quite embarrassed because there were several coworkers standing in my cube.
I believe the quotes should be around the word, "accidentally".
I accidentally typed in "filthy sex pictures" in the Google Search when I wanted price some fishing gear and got quite the eyeful....
You are "correct." ; )
Good to know that I'm not the only one who can't spell....
Surprisingly babe-like, altough I can't remember if it was the real one or that "MOAN-a Lisa" pic that I'm thinking of...
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