New Malware on the prowl

There is a new malware on the net which redirects Google, MSN and Yahoo traffic to other spooky websites and collect traffic dependent advertising income. The malware named PremiumSearch installs a malicious Browser Helper Object on the infected computer’s HDD and also installs a Google toolbar. It also returns fake results and the user is taken to a spurious website on clicking the result.

I would advise everyone to use a good firewall and a real-time anti-spyware in order to thwart such attacks.