Downadup-Related Search Indexes Poisoned with Fake AV Sites

With Downadup/Conficker rising to celebrity status in the computer worm world, Symantec (along with other companies in the security industry) is hard at work, keeping our customers protected. But guess who else is hard at work at the moment? Yes, the authors of misleading applications. It isn’t the first time that they have latched onto popular news to fuel their malicious intent using search engine optimization (SEO).