http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/malware_110911
Excerpt:
Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised—or that the malicious software rendered their machines vulnerable to a host of other viruses.
Details of the two-year FBI investigation called Operation Ghost Click were announced today in New York when a federal indictment was unsealed. Officials also described their efforts to make sure infected users’ Internet access would not be disrupted as a result of the operation.
Follow links in the article to test and see if your computer or router is infected. This malware was a subtle ad replacement scheme and most users would probably not notice a problem since the malware did not attempt to steal data or passwords and probably did not slow the computer noticeably. It did create vulnerabilities other malware will be able to exploit.
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