Watch out for the Christmas virus through Google

Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc, director of network security department of Bkav, has just sent a warning: 'Christmas and New Year 2011 are approaching. Hackers will definitely take advantage of these holidays to spread the virus. Therefore, users need to increase their vigilance when searching through Google and other search engines ".

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Bkav: Hackers have tried to install malicious code on the most searched keywords on Google, and turned Google into a huge virus spread.

Mr. Duc said that during the search process, only access to familiar websites and download software, video clips, music files . from reputable suppliers' websites. The reason, according to him, recently the bad guys have repeatedly set up websites that contain viruses and use sophisticated techniques to push the links of those websites to the first search results in Google, the location where the searchers Most clickable.

"Knowing that most Internet users are in the habit of searching for information through Google, hackers have tried to install malicious code on the most searched keywords on this tool, and turn Google into a virus repository. " Mr. Duc said.

According to Mr. Duc, in addition to hot events, when searching for software, video clips, music files or information about world famous characters ., users can be led to websites containing viruses. .

Bkav recommends that in the end of the year, virus emails often take the form of greeting cards, promotional purchase information, gifts or opportunities to win year-end prizes to deceive users. Users must be very careful, carefully read the content of emails to see if they are true for you, if in doubt, you should absolutely not open links or attachments.