Google AdSense Suffers Wrath Of A Trojan

Google-placed ads on web pages have been reportedly hijacked by “trojan software” that replaces text ads with alternate ads from other providers, according to BitDefender, a Romanian antivirus company.

Clicks are redirected to rogues servers that display third party ads instead of those from Google reports Reuters. Google made a statement on Wednesday stating “We have cancelled customer accounts that display ads redirecting users to malicious sites or that advertise a product violating our software principles. We actively work to detect and remove sites that serve malware in both our ad network and in our search results. We have manual and automated processes in place to detect and enforce these policies.”

The Trojan attacks Google AdSense. Virus analyst for BitDefender Attila Balazs said to Reuters “This is a serious situation that damages users and Webmasters alike.” He continued to say “Users are affected because the advertisements and/or the linked sites may contain malicious code. Webmasters are affected because the Trojan takes away viewers and thus a possible money source from their websites.”