Fake security tools still big threat, worms on rise

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The No. 1 offender to Canadian's PCs in the first half of 2009 was Win32/ZangoSearchAssistant, adware that victims probably don't even know hit them, according to a recent security report from Microsoft Corp.ZangoSearchAssistant tricks unsuspecting users into downloading it in the guise of improving search results and producing related links based on user-specific keywords, explained Mohammad Akif, security and privacy lead with Microsoft Canada Co."You might think what a stroke of luck, I was just searching for Michael Jackson earlier, and now this offer is popping up," said Akif. But in reality, the related links are companies in ZangoSearchAssistant's network.

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