WEB-THREAT_SERP-HIJACKING

August 03, 2015
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Web Threat

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This detection is for web threats related to search engine results pages' malicious redirection URLs. These URLs are used to download malware components, start information theft, or start other malicious behavior. It arrives from a compromised website that appears on a search engine like Google.