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Hackers Use Ford Motor Video, SEO As Bait

PandaLabs is reporting a black-hat SEO attack using the Ford Motor Co.'s name as bait to distribute malware on the Internet. The security firm has discovered 1.2 million results in searches related to the well-known car manufacturer that point to these malicious pages.

Malware is distributed when people searching for information about Ford click on one of the malicious search results. The link directs them to the Web page that suggests they watch a video. If users try to watch the video, they will be prompted to download another program that has fake antivirus software. PandaLabs has detected two fake antivirus programs that are distributed in this way: MSAntiSpyware2009 and Anti-Virus-1.

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