Malware Minute: Rogue AV shows up in Easter Card searches

March 23, 2011
GFI Vipre

By GFI Software

Looks like they’re starting early with these scams, seeing as Easter isn’t until April 24th.

Patrick Jordan came across some dubious links while digging around for printable Easter Cards on .pl domains. These redirect links are lurking at the top of search results, and there seem to be quite a few URLs involved.

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In the above examples, end-users would hit one of the “it’s a trap” landing pages, then be redirected to sites pushing the System Defender rogue.

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