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Posted on 11/10/2011 2:09:35 PM PST by decimon
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According to the indictment, the suspects entered into deals with various internet advertisers in which they would be paid for generating traffic to certain websites or advertisements. But instead of earning the money legitimately, the FBI said the defendants used malware to force infected computers to unwillingly visit the target sites or advertisements -- pumping up click results and, therefore, ill-gotten profits to the tune of $14 million.
The malware was also designed to prevent users from installing anti-virus software that may have been able to free the infected computers.
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In the first case, if a user searched for the websites of major institutions like iTunes, Netflix or the IRS, the search results would return normally. However, if the user tried to click on the link to the websites, the malware on the computer would force a redirect to a different website where the criminals would profit in their advertisement deal.
In the second, when an infected computer visited a major website -- like Amazon.com -- the malware would be able to simply replace regular advertisements on that page with advertisements of their own making.
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Whack their pee-pees!
First ze must sign zee papers.
OR is that you, Joe Paterno ? That you, Jerry Sandusky ?
This thing infected a friend’s computer. I received an email from her address with a link and it was to a Canadian site selling drugs of all sorts. She said she had been hacked, again. She does a lot of business with the government and corporate accounts so that fits with the description of this thing.
This looks like the sort of thing people sometimes ask about in forums. Maybe it's not an uncommon scam.
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