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Malicious Websites Attack Apple's IPad 
By: Matthew Elshaw 2010-02-03 Apples new iPad has been the target of a black hat SEO campaign which aims to trick users into downloading rouge security software. Black hat SEOs have managed... ...to get malicious sites ranking for terms like apple ipad rumor and apple tablet across Google and other search engines. When users visit this site, they are prompted to download some software which can infect their machines. Heres a Google screenshot showing the malicious results from Symantec: Black Hat spammers typically follow hot news items to try and get people clicking through to their sites. Google usually acts quickly to block these sites from appearing, but constant new attacks and domain changes by the spammers mean its tough to wipe out all together. Symantec is warning users to look at iPad results carefully and only visit trusted news sites and know information sources. Comments Tag: Google, black hat seo Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Matt is a marketing professional at ineedhits.com, an international search marketing firm. Matt's passion for online marketing began at university and has proved invaluable in steering product development and marketing initiatives at the company. Matt is a regular contributor to the ineedhits search marketing blog. |
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