Spyware ad-on targets Firefox fans

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Miscreants have created an item of spyware targeted at Firefox users.
The malware poses as an Adobe Flash Player update but in reality its designed to log a user's browsing history, in particular their Google search queries within Firefox. This information is uploaded to a hacker-controlled server.

Read more -
Spyware ad-on targets Firefox fans • The Register
 

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Miscreants have created an item of spyware targeted at Firefox users.
The malware poses as an Adobe Flash Player update but in reality its designed to log a user's browsing history, in particular their Google search queries within Firefox. This information is uploaded to a hacker-controlled server.

Read more -
Spyware ad-on targets Firefox fans • The Register

And soon firefox will be just as targeted as IE8.
 

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