Google Ads Generating more than just Clicks

"Online advertising has long been plagued with connections to spyware, and now the seedy spyware underground has moved from pop-up networks to Google's search ad network. Discovered by security software firm Exploit Prevention Labs earlier this month, AdWords ads were used in attempts to install spyware on users' computers. Though Google said it has removed the offending ads and may have terminated the AdWords accounts set up by the culprits, the question remains whether such a response is enough to dissuade future exploitation."

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