Google has started warning some search users of malware on their computers, after it found unusual search traffic coming through a small number of intermediary servers called proxies.
The company said in a post on its online security blog that the particular malware causes infected computers to send traffic to Google through the proxies.
Google is putting up a notification at the top of Google web search results to users whose traffic is coming through the proxies. The notice warns uses that their computer is infected with software that intercepts their connection with Google and other sites, Damian Menscher , a Google security engineer said in the post.
Google hopes to work with users to help them update their antivirus software and remove the infections.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218532/
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The company said in a post on its online security blog that the particular malware causes infected computers to send traffic to Google through the proxies.
Google is putting up a notification at the top of Google web search results to users whose traffic is coming through the proxies. The notice warns uses that their computer is infected with software that intercepts their connection with Google and other sites, Damian Menscher , a Google security engineer said in the post.
Google hopes to work with users to help them update their antivirus software and remove the infections.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218532/
