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Using swine flu to spread malware

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Coimbatore, May 10 Websense Security Labs has noticed the use of swine flu topic in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to spread malware. The Labs ThreatSeeker network noticed that thousands of Web sites relating to swine flu have been registered. It monitored and found that most of the sites were used for advertisement or email/Web spam. The targeted search engines include Google, Yahoo and AOL.

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