Hack Brief: Dangerous Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs
Posted on by Christian HendrixAdware that infects your computer to display pop-ups is an annoyance. But when it infects as many as one in five networks in the world, and hides the capability to do far more serious damage to its victims, it’s an epidemic waiting to happen. The security firm Check Point has warned of a massive new outbreak adware : They count 250 million PCs infected with malicious code they’ve called Fireball, designed to hijack browsers to […]