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Auriga
05-11-2005, 01:38 PM
F-Secure staff has found a malicious website that utilizes a spelling error when typing the name of the popular search engine - 'Google.com'. If a user opens a malicious website, his/her computer gets hijacked - a lot of different malware gets automatically downloaded and installed: trojan droppers, trojan downloaders, backdoors, a proxy trojan and a spying trojan. Also a few adware-related files are installed.

The name of the malicious website is 'Googkle.com'. PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THIS WEBSITE! Otherwise your computer will get infected! We have reported the case to the authorities.

.:Full Article (http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/googkle.shtml)

gsnedders
05-11-2005, 02:14 PM
Safari can’t find the server.
Safari can’t open the page “http://googkle.com/” because it can’t find the server “googkle.com”.

It's down.

Auriga
05-11-2005, 02:16 PM
Lol! - i haven't even tried it...

Crake
05-13-2005, 08:25 PM
:D i tried it to it dont work!

JamieR
05-13-2005, 09:35 PM
I would doubt that browsers such as firefox or opera would be affected.