Malaysian tech company website hit by rogueware
The website address of a local technology company was hijacked and anyone trying to access the site from a web search list would instead be hit by “rogueware.”
It is an attempt to trick users into installing an unauthorised program on their computers, which could be anything from a virus to a program that digs out passwords to bank accounts or other online services.
Typing in the name of the company into Google resulted in a list of matching hits. Clicking on the corresponding hits immediately brought up a screen which claimed that the user’s PC is infected with viruses and recommended that an antivirus program be downloaded.
