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Google Removes Trojan Spyware Ads
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Article Date: 2005-01-03
Interesting development. It looks like some hackers have been using Google AdWords to send spyware to the computers of those who click on certain ads.
"In the past few days, Google has been displaying context-sensitive ads on the right margin from its program partner AdWords that link to sites with dangerous JavaScript for various search terms such as "Preisvergleich" (price comparison) and "Gebraucht PC" (used PC). If you clicked on one of the links in the Internet Explorer, a JavaScript attempted to install spyware on your system. And the normal list of hits also included a lot of sites with Trojans."
Google has reacted (although not quickly enough, for some) to the problem and shut down the ads.
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