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Title: Softonic Download Site Briefly Delivers Trojan Adware Installer
Post by: HCK on April 17, 2013, 11:00:57 pm
Softonic Download Site Briefly Delivers Trojan Adware Installer
      


Until just a few minutes ago, Softonic, a software download site, was delivering adware that would be installed regardless of whether the user had declined to install it. This threat was embedded in fake UnRarX and VLC installer packages. These packages purported to install a toolbar that is related to ChatZum. Even if the user [...]
      

http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/softonic-download-site-briefly-delivers-trojan-adware-installer/