Thursday 3 May 2012

Google pocket hit by Mac Virus

 
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The server infected by a Virus.



Google has been infected by a virus which is a computer program that can replicate itself and can spread from one computer to another .This Virus has been infecting Macintosh computers and now is picking on Google’s pocket by hacking advertising ‘’Clicks’’, which cost as much as R10.000 on a daily basis. A component of the widespread flashback virus targets Google search queries made using Chrome, Safari or Firefox and directs people to pages dictated by the hackers. Those clicking online ads can be re-routed to websites of different merchants or publisher, with hackers getting paid 8c or more that would have been paid to Google. According to Google it has never received the intended ad ‘’click’’ and this ultimately results in lost revenue for Google and untold sums of money for the flashback gang. Fortunately Apple is collaborating with  internet service providers to disable this command and control the network. Hackers tricked Macintosh users into downloading the virus by disguising it as an update to Adobe flash video viewing software.  The software does its dirty work with directions received from the computer hackers. This will make Macintosh  loose its customers as they will realize sooner what is  going on. Although Mac is running faster in technologies but their security mindset is behind that is why they have so many hacking incidents so far. The  bad things  have learned from doing this attack in the personal computer (pc) world is now starting to transition into the Macintosh world.Mac users are advised to install the latest update from Apple to limit the vulnerability of allowing hackers to steal sensitive information.So this is a lesson that we should be more careful about what we click on whenever visiting Google to avoid being hacked.
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18 comments:

  1. Unknown3 May 2012 at 22:37

    Thanx for the heads-up Marg I was wondering why did I have a new search engine which is called Babylon because I did not download it!

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 05:34

      yes , that keeps happening on a daily basis but i bet a lot of people are not aware why its happening.

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  2. Miss Exclusive4 May 2012 at 02:32

    Thank you Margaret for the information.

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  3. Unknown4 May 2012 at 07:40

    As google is the world's biggest search engines they should always be prepared to face such situations. What would we be with out google I hope that they find a way to stop this viruses before it spreads more.

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 05:41

      They are working on fixing the problem one of the helpers is apple.

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  4. thomas5 May 2012 at 05:01

    it is an eye-opener indeed,thaks Mags. Butas big asoogle is, it was suppose to have anticipated such incidences before they could affect their revenues and customers. Would you say that google is doing a good job in handling the matter or they are just being reactive?

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 05:43

      I believe they are being reactive as they do know that ther are a lot of hackers out there.

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  5. Unknown5 May 2012 at 05:25

    I'm now starting to believe that these big computer companies are creating these viruses themselves to make money and get publicity.

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 05:45

      No you are wrong Thabang, as companies loose customers in such instances.

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  6. STRAIGHT TALK WITH LORRAINE9 May 2012 at 05:27

    I agree with Thabang, these companies are creating the viruses just so we spend money to fix it. Google is untouchable, or so I thought.

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  7. Margaret9 May 2012 at 05:47

    Exactly, that is what you thought google is fighting this situation so that hey do not lose out their revenues to the hackers.

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  8. KeaRams9 May 2012 at 06:14

    I didn't know google could also get viruses, now I have to be careful of theses internet viruses. Thanks for the heads-up Margaret.

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  9. gracemokabane9 May 2012 at 06:27

    i hope that the collaboration of Apple and Internet Service Provider come with a solution sooner because really if the virus can't be controlled this will crush or ruin other people's computers

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 06:57

      I hope they also do come up with a solution sooner as well as gool is used by millions on a daily basis.

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  10. Zeenay'Lee9 May 2012 at 06:51

    this is just a way for these companies to actually generate more money from us

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    1. Margaret9 May 2012 at 06:56

      NO, its not as the company is also not gaining from all of this.

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  11. tsholofelo6 August 2012 at 05:08

    its great that they keep on inventing new things this helps them on becoming the best

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