The productive pranksters over at The Register may not be our closest friends but, being lily-livered liberals, we don't bear a grudge.
So it was with interest that I read this brief story on a Trojan attack using the red-hot combination of search giant Google and the human inability to type.
Hackers have set up malicious websites designed to infect the Windows boxes of surfers who mistype the name of popular search engine Google.com. If a user opens one of the malicious websites, such as googkle.com, his PC box may be hijacked with malware including Trojan downloaders, backdoors and spyware.
Should the Googsters buy more domains with their $97 squillion to try and stop this kind of thing? Or should ICANN step in and stop malicious sites from preying on the inept? Or should people just learn to touch type better?
Reminder: I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but do not visit googkle.com unless you fancy getting a shedload of spyware.
