The cyber attack against Ask Toolbar Updater gets blocked in time

At the end of November 2016, cyber criminals attempted to compromise Ask Toolbar Updater to utilize it as a tool for malware distribution. It appears that scammers were striving to employ the Ask Toolbar’s update feature to inject a malware dropper into PCs of people who were using Ask.com browser add-on.

Article Link: http://www.topix.com/tech/computer-security/2016/11/the-cyber-attack-against-ask-toolbar-updater-gets-blocked-in-time?fromrss=1
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