Pacquiao-Cotto 'livestream' leads to fake anti-virus
Posted at 11/17/2009 12:33 PM | Updated as of 11/17/2009 12:33 PM
As Filipinos and Puerto Ricans were busy rooting for their champions in Sunday’s fight, so were cybercriminals who wished to capitalize on the match. Through SEO poisoning, users searching for a live stream of the Pacquiao vs Cotto fight were instead served a fake anti-virus variant.
According to Trend Micro Threat Response Engineer Jasper Manuel, search results led to the download of TROJ_FAKEAV.MAN.
Users who are interested in watching Pacquaio’s fights are advised to stay away from suspicious-looking links.