Saturday, 22. December 2007
Topic: SECURITY - on December 22, 2007 at 8:28:00 PM CET
Ad hijacking Trojan targets Google
The Qhost-WU modifies an infected computer's hosts file, thereby poisoning systems with bogus DNS lookup records. The hosts file matches domain names of websites with corresponding IP addresses. By corrupting the file hackers can redirect surfers to domains controlled by hackers even when users visit a trusted location.
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