Beware of Hackers

Are you sure that you are safe while browsing the internet or while downloading anything from the internet. The anti-malware software you are downloading may be a malware or may contain malware. The hackers are now using the popular names (names of the celebrity)for making the people to download the malware or the spyware made by them. One such example is in the popular news aggregator Digg. there are reports saying that there were 52 accounts posting news stories or comments with malicious URLs. Many of these accounts purport to be news items about celebrities, including actors Christian Bale and Alyssa Milano, singer Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. They contain a link to a video about the celebrity that takes victims to the sites that downloads the Adware/VideoPlay fake anti-malware, or scareware, package when the user clicks on it. Digg reported that it have terminated more than 300 malware accounts.The Digg attacks download the MS Antispyware 2009 scareware package to victims' PCs. This pretends to scan the PCs, then tells that the computer is infected with malware. It then asks the victim to pay money through the credit card for removing the malware. The malware creators also owns blogs. They post real and fake stories about the celebrities for getting the attention of the viewer quickly. So be care in using internet and while downloading from the internet. Download only from the trusted source.