Rogue security product pushed by ads on several UK TV sites.
Several UK television-related websites, including those of major broadcaster
ITV
and listings guide
Radio Times
, have been penetrated by rogue advertising pushing fake anti-malware products.
The ads, introduced onto the sites by compromised advertising laced with redirects, lead site visitors to downloads of ‘Cleanator’, a well-known rogue anti-malware program which attempts to scam victims with warnings of bogus malware infections.
Apple Mac
users are pushed a similar sham product
reported recently
for the
Mac
, ‘MacSweeper’.
The sites in question have been informed of the suspect ads and some at least have removed the unwanted content. More details are in
The Register
here
and on the
Sophos
blog
here
.
Posted on 21 February 2008 by
Virus Bulletin
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