Scareware slingers have poisoned search results for Google Wave in a bid to expose users seeking the communication software to a fake anti-virus scan instead.
Ironically, Google searches for terms related to Google Wave return results that point to sites hosting rogue antivirus, net security firm Websense warns. Google invited only 100,000 users to test its Google Wave collaboration service, a factor that has arguably increased interest in the service while also increasing the potency of fake offers for the service that actually promote malware.
via Google Wave search poisoned by scareware scammers • The Register.
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