Search Engine Journal reports on a SurfControl release that fake Google Toolbars are being downloaded unknowingly and causing those computers to be contaminated with malicious programs. The programs then use the computers to send out mass-email spam and/or for “internet attacks.” So be careful where you download your toolbars.
Google Toolbar Look-Alike Installing Malicious Programs
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