According to Google, in 2014 5.5% of visitors to Google sites had malware infected browser that display additional advertising. About 10 million users unknowingly have this type of malicious software on their computers or simply can not deal with it.
Ad Injectors are programs that display, joining advertisement or replace the existing advertising links to sites that fall unaware users when browsing the Internet. The main threat posed by malicious ads can bring it: to crack the encryption browsers and provide hazards in the form of malware, data theft of access to bank accounts, taking over the search and to transmit the reports of our activity outside sources.
as reported by Google, between June and September 2014 years, analysts have found 50870 extensions for Chrome and more than 34,000 software applications independent exhibiting behavior podobnene to those which are characterized by injectors unwanted ads. Approximately 38% were described as malicious software that outside advertising also sending out spam via Facebook (24%), took over the search engines (11%) and can transfer information about our activity criminals. Studies have shown that prey can fall also ours, all accesses to various auction portals such as. EBay.
The most common ad injector has been superfish.Com, which appeared in 3.9% of cases the samples investigated by Google. Right behind him is listed jollywalllet.com (2.4%), which overwrites the URL parameters and addresses of online stores. Mac users, nor may feel safer, Google also found the risk of also running on those systems. Google has found changes in 3.4% and 5.1% respectively Pages for Mac and Windows.
In response to an investigation carried out, Google has promised to patch the software and removed 200 “fraudulent” extensions available in the official store for Chrome. Added the option displays a warning to users who unknowingly consume infected software.
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